Fireworks
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 US DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Takeshi Kitano |
| Produced by | Masayuki Mori Yasushi Tsuge Takio Yoshida Yoshito Yamazaki |
| Written by | Takeshi Kitano |
| Music by | Joe Hisaishi |
| Cinematography | Hideo Yamamoto |
| Editing by | Takeshi Kitano Yoshinori Oota |
| Released | September 3, 1997 (Venice Film Festival) |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| JMDb profile | |
| Trailer | |
Fireworks (花火 Hana-bi) is a 1997 Japanese film written and directed by Takeshi Kitano.
[edit] Plot
Nishi is a cop whose partner gets shot and is permanently paralyzed and confined to a wheel chair. Not only that, but Nishi's wife is dying of Leukimia. He decides to quit the police force and do whatever he can to help his friend and spend more time with his wife. Unfortunately in doing what he thinks is necessary to accomplish this he makes some questionable choices and his life spirals out of control.
[edit] Cast
- Takeshi Kitano ... Yoshitaka Nishi
- Kayoko Kishimoto ... Miyuki, Nishi's wife
- Ren Osugi ... Horibe
- Susumu Terajima ... Nakamura
- Tetsu Watanabe ... Tesuka
- Hakuryu ... Yakuza Hitman
- Yasuei Yakushiji ... Criminal
- Taro Istumi ... Kudo
- Kenichi Yajima ... Doctor
- Makoto Ashikawa ... Tanaka
- Yuko Daike ... Tanaka's widow
- Edamame Tsumami ... Businessman Throwing Rocks
- Yurei Yanagi ... Chef #1
- Sujitarou Tamabukuro ... Chef #2
- Tokio Seki ... Old Hick
- Motoharu Tamura ... Chief Detective
- Hitoshi Nishizawa ... Yakuza Head
- Secchin Kawaya ... Male Bank Customer #3
- Kiyoko Kitazawa ... Nurse B
- Takayuki Konishi ... Detective B
- Yoshiyuki Morishita ... Hoodlum B
- Shuji Otsuki
- Kanji Tsuda
- Keiko Yamamoto ... Nurse A
[edit] External links
- Fireworks review at KFCC
- Fireworks review at Kinema Club
