Fireworks (1997)

Movie Details

Original Title HANA-BI

Original Language JA

Status Released

Popularity 1.1

Cast

Takeshi Kitano

Yoshitaka Nishi

Popularity: 1.1

Kayoko Kishimoto

Nishi's Wife

Popularity: 1.6

Ren Osugi

Horibe

Popularity: 4.4

Susumu Terajima

Nakamura

Popularity: 1.6

Tetsu Watanabe

Junkyard Owner

Popularity: 1.4

Hakuryu

Yakuza Hitman

Popularity: 1.3

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Yasuei Yakushiji

Criminal

Popularity: 0.5

Tarô Itsumi

Kudo

Popularity: 0.4

Kenichi Yajima

Doctor

Popularity: 1.2

Makoto Ashikawa

Tanaka

Popularity: 0.6

Yuko Daike

Tanaka's Widow

Popularity: 1.5

Tsumami Edamame

Businessman Throwing Rocks

Popularity: 0.7

Key Crew

Producer Yasushi Tsuge, Takio Yoshida, Masayuki Mori

Editor Yoshinori Ota, Takeshi Kitano

Director Takeshi Kitano

Screenplay Takeshi Kitano

Production

Bandai Visual

Office Kitano

TV Tokyo

Tokyo FM

Videos & Trailers

New UK Trailer

Trailer

Hana-Bi - Trailer - (1997) - HQ

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 10/10

Mar 8, 2015

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 the force after ... Read more

r96sk 7/10

Mar 5, 2022

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 same sorta scene ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

May 24, 2024

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 compromised. When his wif ... Read more