Crime ·Drama · Japan · 1997 · 1h 43m

Fireworks

HANA-BI

Fireworks poster
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Cast
Takeshi Kitano as Yoshitaka Nishi Kayoko Kishimoto as Nishi's Wife Ren Osugi as Horibe Susumu Terajima as Nakamura Tetsu Watanabe as Junkyard Owner Hakuryu as Yakuza Hitman
Crew
Hideo Yamamoto — Director of Photography Takeshi Kitano — Editor Yoshinori Ota — Editor Joe Hisaishi — Original Music Composer Takeshi Kitano — Screenplay Yasushi Tsuge — Producer
Tagline

Work is all I've ever known.

Synopsis

Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.

Trailer Fireworks — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Takeshi Kitano Director Hideo Yamamoto Director of Photography Takeshi Kitano Editor Yoshinori Ota Editor Joe Hisaishi Original Music Composer Takeshi Kitano Screenplay Yasushi Tsuge Producer Takio Yoshida Producer Masayuki Mori Producer
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