Young Thugs: Nostalgia (岸和田少年愚連隊・望郷) 25 years old

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.

Credits

Young Thugs: Nostalgia Cast

Name Character
Naoto Takenaka He was 42, now 68 years old
Saki Takaoka She was 25, now 51 years old
Toshikazu Nakaba
Akihiro Shimizu He was 1, now 24 years old

Young Thugs: Nostalgia Crew

Name Department
Kôji Endô as Music. He was 34 (now 60) years old Sound
Yoshiya Obara as Sound Designer. Sound
Yasushi Shimamura as Editor. Editing
Toshiaki Nakazawa as Producer. Production
Masa Nakamura as Screenplay. Writing
Takashi Miike as Director. He was 38 (now 63) years old Directing
Yasuhiko Furusato as Producer. Production
Hideo Yamamoto as Director of Photography. He was 30 (now 55) years old Camera
Young Thugs: Nostalgia poster
Young Thugs: Nostalgia (25 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, September 26, 1998
  • Runtime: 94 minutes