Kikujiro (1999)
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
A small boy from Tokyo sets out to find the mother he has never met in Toyohashi, escorted by a foul-mouthed small-time gangster on a rambling summer trip by taxi, hitchhiking and borrowed vans.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Masao's grandmother's home≈ 00:01:00Tokyo, JapanStated on screen
Masao, living with his grandmother in Tokyo's old downtown, finds his mother's address and is entrusted to Kikujiro.
- 2Cycle-racing track≈ 00:15:00Tokyo, JapanInferred
Kikujiro gambles away the travel money at a cycle-racing track.
- 3Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan≈ 01:00:00Stated on screen
- 4Riverside camp≈ 01:15:00Toyohashi, Aichi, JapanInferred
- 5Daitō (now Kakegawa), Shizuoka, Japan≈ 01:30:00Stated on screen
- 6Bridge≈ 01:52:00Tokyo, JapanStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 518 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 6
- Car: 457 km
- Motorcycle: 61 km
- Not shown: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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