Fireworks
HANA-BI
Release: 1997-10-30
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 7.7
Crime
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Bandai Visual
Office Kitano
TV Tokyo
Tokyo FM
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
as Yoshitaka Nishi
Miki Fujitani
as Florist Clerk
Tarô Itsumi
as Kudo
Hakuryu
as Yakuza Hitman
Keiko Yamamoto
as Nurse A
Makoto Ashikawa
as Tanaka
Omiya no Matsu
as Restaurant Client
Yôko Imamoto
as Female Bank Customer #1 (uncredited)
Yoshiyuki Morishita
as Yakuza Henchman #2
Atsushi Ito
as Male Bank Clerk #6 (uncredited)
Tsumami Edamame
as Businessman Throwing Rocks
Susumu Terajima
as Nakamura
Matsumi Fuku
as Landlady (uncredited)
Tokio Seki
as 田舎の親父
Yuko Daike
as Tanaka's Widow
Hidetoshi Kawaya
as Male Bank Customer #3 (uncredited)
Kenichi Yajima
as Doctor
Yûrei Yanagi
as Chef #1
Tetsu Watanabe
as Junkyard Owner
Kanji Tsuda
as Man under Interrogation
Ren Osugi
as Horibe
Gambino Kobayashi
as Brat #2
Kayoko Kishimoto
as Nishi's Wife
Manzo Shinra
as Man Shot in the Face