Overview:
Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, paralyzed. Nishi leaves the police force to spend time with his wife at home, and must find a way to pay off his debts to the yakuza.| Original Title: | HANA-BI |
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| Status: | Released (1997-10-30) |
| Awards: | 23 wins & 23 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $500,000 |
| Screen: | Takeshi Kitano |
| Productions: | Bandai Visual, Office Kitano, TV Tokyo, Tokyo FM |
| Production Countries: | Japan |
| Spoken Languages: | 日本語 |
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- 46580: Yasushi Tsuge - Producer - Production
- 4999: Yoshinori Ota - Editor - Editing
- 3317: Takeshi Kitano - Editor - Editing
- 13246: Takio Yoshida - Producer - Production
- 544325: Masayuki Mori - Producer - Production
- 135383: Hideo Yamamoto - Director of Photography - Camera
- 3317: Takeshi Kitano - Director - Directing
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Reviews
John Chard
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Drop Dead. Hana-bi (AKA: Fireworks) is written and directed by Takeshi Kitano. It stars Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi and Susumu Terajima. Music is by Joe Hisaishi and cinematography by Hideo Yamamoto. Yoshikata Nishi (Kitano) is a loose cannon police detective who quits ....
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There's greatness in there, for sure, but <em>'Fireworks'</em> (or, the better title, <em>'Hana-bi'</em>) drags on for too long. I was with it for the first 45-55 minutes, but the final portion of the film really dragged for me; aside from a few moments, it kinda just repeats the ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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You wouldn't want to be policeman "Nishi" (Takeshi Kitano). His young child died a few years earlier, his wife is terminally ill in hospital and his partner at work takes a bullet that renders him paraplegic. Unsurprisingly, he hits the skids a bit and his priorities become compromis ....
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