8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Kids Return (1996)
Kids Return (1996)
Overview
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Viewer Rating
8.1
Overview
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central subject matter of youth, ambition, and failure is inherently apolitical, and its narrative focuses on individual choices and the cyclical nature of life rather than advocating for specific political solutions or critiquing societal structures.
The movie features an all-Japanese cast, reflecting its setting, and does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative explores the lives and struggles of young men without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
The film "Kids Return" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on the coming-of-age stories of two male friends and their experiences in boxing and the yakuza, without exploring queer identity or relationships.
Kids Return does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on two young men's experiences with delinquency, ambition, and the challenges of adulthood in a specific Japanese social context, without touching upon transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Kids Return is an original film with characters created specifically for this movie. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which characters' genders could have been established and subsequently changed.
Kids Return is an original Japanese film from 1996, not an adaptation of existing material or a biopic. Its characters do not have pre-established racial identities from prior canon or history, thus no race swap can occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
6.9
Critic Ratings
10.0
N/A
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