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.
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Part of Young Thugs Collection
4 films
Cast
9 people
Naoto Takenaka
Riichi's father
Known for
Shinjuku Incident
One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
Yuki Nagata
Riichi
Also in
Andromedia
Saki Takaoka
Miss Itô
Known for
Midnight Diner
Like a Dragon: Yakuza
Toshikazu Nakaba
Akihiro Shimizu
Nakamura
Also in
Fall Guy
Crab Goalkeeper
Yoshinori Yasuda
Sada
No other roles listed
Setsuko Karasuma
Riichi's mother
Known for
Ride or Die
Takeshi Caesar
Riichi's uncle
Known for
Shinjuku Triad Society
Full Metal Yakuza
Matsunosuke Shofukutei
Riichi's grandfather
Also in
Haunted School 4
Clouds Over the Hill
Takashi Miike Director · Masaru Nakamura Screenplay Riichi Nakaba Story
First release September 26, 1998 · Produced in Japan · Original title 岸和田少年愚連隊・望郷
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
岸和田少年愚連隊・望郷
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 26, 1998
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No release date listed for United States.
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