Movie·1997·1h 43m
Fireworks
Work is all I've ever known.
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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// overview
The Story
Original title: HANA-BI
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.
Producer
Yasushi Tsuge, Takio Yoshida
Cinematography
Hideo Yamamoto
Music
Joe Hisaishi
Editor
Takeshi Kitano
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Yoshitaka Nishi
Kayoko Kishimoto
Nishi's Wife
Ren Osugi
Horibe
Susumu Terajima
Nakamura
Tetsu Watanabe
Junkyard Owner
Hakuryu
Yakuza Hitman
Yasuei Yakushiji
Criminal
Tarô Itsumi
Kudo
Kenichi Yajima
Doctor
Makoto Ashikawa
Tanaka
Yuko Daike
Tanaka's Widow
Tsumami Edamame
Businessman Throwing Rocks
Yûrei Yanagi
Chef #1
Sujitarô Tamabukuro
Chef #2
Motoharu Tamura
Chief Detective
Hitoshi Nishizawa
Yakuza Head
Hiromi Kikai
Yakuza Henchman #1
Shoko Kitano
Young Girl Flying a Kite
// crew
Crew
Yasushi Tsuge
Producer
Takeshi Kitano
Editor, Director, Screenplay
Yoshinori Ota
Editor
Takio Yoshida
Producer
Masayuki Mori
Producer
Hideo Yamamoto
Director of Photography
Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer
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