Fireworks (1997)

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103 min - Crime | Drama | Romance - 20 March 1998 (USA)

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Ratings: 7.9/10 from 13,676 users
Reviews: 103 user | 88 critic

A police officer leaves the force in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into a depression he makes questionable decisions.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Takeshi Kitano	...	Yoshitaka Nishi (as 'Beat' Takeshi)
	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

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Storyline

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. Written by Anonymous

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Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

20 March 1998 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Flores de fuego See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$59,508 (USA) (22 March 1998) (9 Screens)

Gross:

$233,986 (USA) (12 April 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bandai Visual Company, Office Kitano, TV Tokyo See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

The Japanese title translates into 'Fireworks", but if you look further into the basis of the Japanese character for 'fireworks', you will see that it is composed of two smaller words - 'fire' and 'flower'. And like the linguistic basis of the title, the story and style of "Hana-Bi" is the synthesis of two opposing images, one being an agent of destruction, and the other a symbol of birth and renewal. See more »

Quotes

Horibe: Work is all I've ever known.
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Connections

Referenced in Cure (1997) See more »

Fireworks (1997)
Hana-bi (original title)

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