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| Takeshi Kitano | ... | Yoshitaka Nishi (as Beat Takeshi) | |
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Kayoko Kishimoto | ... | Nishi's wife |
| Ren Osugi | ... | Horibe | |
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Susumu Terajima | ... | Nakamura |
| Tetsu Watanabe | ... | The Scrap Yard Owner | |
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Hakuryû | ... | The Yakuza Hitman |
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Yasuei Yakushiji | ... | Criminal |
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Tarô Itsumi | ... | Kudo |
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Ken'ichi Yajima | ... | Doctor |
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Makoto Ashikawa | ... | Tanaka |
| Yûko Daike | ... | Tanaka's widow | |
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Tsumami Edamame | ... | Businessman Throwing Rocks |
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Yûrei Yanagi | ... | Chef #1 |
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Sujitarô Tamabukuro | ... | Chef #2 |
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Tokio Seki | ... | Old Hick |
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Nishi is a cop whose wife is slowly dying of leukemia. One of his partners gets shot on the job, which results in him being confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life and becoming suicidal. Nishi, feeling guilty of his partner's accident, tries to help him in any way he can. At the same time, Nishi leaves the police to spend more time with his dying wife. However, in order to do the right things for those he loves, Nishi must do something wrong, which has tragic consequences. Written by Anonymous
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20 March 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$59,508, 22 March 1998, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$233,986, 12 April 1998Company Credits
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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 »Frequently Asked Questions
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Takeshi Kitano is great as always, and this movie is the true masterpiece of a genius. It truly has everything a masterpiece needs - excellent actors (Susumu Terajima,Ren Osugi and Takeshi Kitano himself - the usual "Kitano crew"), perfect directing, awesome plot and script, and a unique atmosphere, which is created by a mix of sorrow and joy, drama and humor , violence and love, which properly balanced create this great movie. His movie is realistic and shows us one of a million ways a man can honorably end his life. It doesn't suggests or judges anything, it just draws a picture so beautiful and real, that you can only admire it. 10/10.