Three Friends

It is quite an incidence that Takeshi Kitano's 'Kids Return(1996)' has all the same plot to this film and the same releasing date. Both films investigate the serious problem(extremely competitive college entrance and stereotyped curriclum regardless of student's talent and interest) of second-level educational system in Japan and Korea with the perspectives of juvenile delinquencies. 'Sechinku' is focusing on the obsession of military draft which is common amongst the Korean youngster,s while 'Kids Return' is just narrating the casual lives of several different characters who do not have nothing particular upon their graduation of second-level school. 'Sechinku' does not cast any promising message on the future of derelict youth whilst 'Kids Return' could be regarded as a kind of enlightening films rather than critical text. Just in tems of film itself, 'Sechinku' has more succeeded in delineating the realistically personal cross-section of educational problem, however, 'Kids Return' would be superior in the sketch of wandering youths'