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Takeshi: Childhood Days (1990)

Movie ★ 7.5 119 min

Drama

A city boy, Shinji, is sent to live in the countryside to escape the Tokyo bombings, where he experiences the complexities of rural school life, including a power struggle with the local class leader, Takeshi.

Masahiro Shinoda Director

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Released
January 12, 1990
Runtime
119 min
IMDb
tt0175527
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Cast

Tetsuya Fujita Shinji Kazama Yuji Horioka Takeshi Ohara Kazuyo Mita Kazuyo Mita Kazama Shige (Aunt of Shinji) Katsuhisa Yamazaki Futoshi Tanabe Noritake Kobinata Kensuke Sudo Atsuko Koyama Minako Saiki Shima Iwashita Shima Iwashita Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother) Toshiyuki Hosokawa Toshiyuki Hosokawa Shusaku Kazama (Shinji's father) Mitsue Suzuki Mitsue Suzuki Kazama Masa (Shinji's grandmother) Chōichirō Kawarasaki Chōichirō Kawarasaki Tatsuo Kazama (Uncle of Shinji) Saburo Date Saburo Date Takeno Grandfather Nobutaka Masutomi Nobutaka Masutomi Father of Noh Moeko Ezawa Moeko Ezawa Futoshi's mother Nobuko Sendo Nobuko Sendo Akiko (Futoshi's older sister) Shinsuke Ashida Shinsuke Ashida Hideji Ōtaki Hideji Ōtaki

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Frequently asked questions

What is Takeshi: Childhood Days about?
A city boy, Shinji, is sent to live in the countryside to escape the Tokyo bombings, where he experiences the complexities of rural school life, including a power struggle with the local class leader, Takeshi.
Who directed Takeshi: Childhood Days?
Takeshi: Childhood Days was directed by Masahiro Shinoda.
Who stars in Takeshi: Childhood Days?
Takeshi: Childhood Days stars Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Horioka, Kazuyo Mita, Katsuhisa Yamazaki.
When was Takeshi: Childhood Days released?
Takeshi: Childhood Days is a 1990 drama film.
Where can I watch Takeshi: Childhood Days?
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