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Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998)

Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Including biographical elements, Nostalgia centers around the home and school of a young boy, whose family mix the violent and dysfunctional with the comic and the loveable. Though containing elements of the sudden and shocking brutality that many associate with this director, Young Thugs – Nostalgia is more concerned with a child’s moment of leaving the internalized world of fantasy, and passing on eagerly to the next stage of life. A wonderful, touching, startling vision that is uniquely Miike’s.

  • Drama
  • Action
  • Comedy

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Naoto TakenakaNaoto TakenakaRiichi's father
  • Photo of Yuki NagataYuki NagataRiichi
  • Photo of Saki TakaokaSaki TakaokaMiss Itô
  • Photo of Toshikazu NakabaToshikazu Nakaba
  • Photo of Akihiro ShimizuAkihiro ShimizuNakamura
  • Photo of Yoshinori YasudaYoshinori YasudaSada
  • Photo of Setsuko KarasumaSetsuko KarasumaRiichi's mother
  • Photo of Takeshi CaesarTakeshi CaesarRiichi's uncle
  • Photo of Matsunosuke ShofukuteiMatsunosuke ShofukuteiRiichi's grandfather

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