はなび (original title)
IMDb: 7.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
18 | 1h 43min |
Crime, Drama, Romance | Japan
Director: Takeshi
Kitano
Writer: Takeshi
Kitano
Stars: Takeshi
Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi
Nishi leaves the police in
the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiralling into
depression, he makes questionable decisions.
Hana-bi, released in the United States as Fireworks, is a 1997 Japanese crime drama film written, directed and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in it. The film's score was composed by Joe Hisaishi in his fourth collaboration with Kitano. “Hana-bi” (花火, Hanabi) is the Japanese word for "fireworks."
Hana-bi won the Golden Lion at the 54th Venice International Film Festival and
helped to establish Kitano as an internationally acclaimed filmmaker.
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