Kikujiro

A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.

Kikujiro is a 2000 drama comedy movie directed by Takeshi Kitano, starring Takeshi Kitano, The Great Gidayû, Kayoko Kishimoto. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.7/10 from 23,642 votes and runs 2h 2m.