Fireworks ( 1997 ) ( Hana-bi ) ( Havai Fisekler (Fire works) )

Fireworks ( 1997 ) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Hana-bi
Alternate Title: Havai Fisekler (Fire works)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
European Film Awards
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Surround )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Takeshi Kitano

Written By:
Takeshi Kitano

Actors:
Takeshi Kitano ..... Yoshitaka Nis
Kayoko Kishimoto ..... Miyuki, Nishi's wife
Ren Ohsugi ..... Horibe
Susumu Terajima ..... Nakamura
Tetsu Watanabe ..... Tesuka
Hakuryu ..... Yakuza Hitman
Yasuei Yakushiji ..... Criminal
Tarô Itsumi ..... Kudo
Ken'ichi Yajima ..... Doctor
Makoto Ashikawa ..... Tanaka
Yûko Daike ..... Tanaka's widow
Tsumami Edamame ..... Businessman Throwing Rocks
Yûrei Yanagi ..... Chef #1
Sujitarou Tamabukuro ..... Chef #2
Tokio Seki ..... Old Hick

Synopsis:

Takeshi Kitano directs, writes and stars in this downbeat thriller. Monosyllabic detective Nishi (Kitano) leaves the force after his partner Horibe is seriously wounded and two colleagues are killed in pursuit of a gunman. Dedicating his life to caring for his terminally ill wife, as well as providing for the wheelchair-bound Horibe, Nishi accrues crippling debts. After robbing a bank to ease his financial worries, Nishi takes his wife on a final holiday, pursued by loan sharks and the police.

Detective Nishi is bitter when he learns that his wife Miyuki is terminally ill and his partner Horibe was shot and now tied to a wheelchair. Horibe wants to become a painter, but doesnt have the money for that. To help him and a young police widow whose husband was shot dead during an arrest, he borrows money from Yakuza. After that, he buys an old car, paints it as a police car, and, dressed in uniform, singlehandedly robs a bank. With the money he goes on a final farewell journey together with his wife.

Nishi is a cop whose wife is slowly dying of Leukemia. One of his partners gets shot on the job and is confined to a wheel chair for the rest of his life and becomes suicidal. Nishi, feeling guilt over his partners accident, tries to help him in any way he can. At the same time, Nishi leaves the police force to spend more time with his dying wife. However, in order to do the right things for those he loves, Nishi must do wrong things. Spiraling deeper into desperation and slowly building up to tragedy.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 19 April, 2016.