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Hana-bi
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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.
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Hana-bi, also released as HANA-BI and titled Fireworks, is a 1997 Japanese film directed, written, and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars alongside Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ōsugi, and Susumu Terajima. Produced by Masayuki Mori, with a score by Joe Hisaishi, it was made by Bandai Visual, TV Tokyo, and Tokyo FM. Its main subjects are love, violence, dying, and mourning, and its narrative location is Japan.
A crime and drama film, it received the Golden Lion and the European Film Award for Best Non-European Film, and was nominated for the César Award for Best Foreign Film, the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and two Japan Academy Prizes. It ran 103 minutes and earned a box office of 500,000. It is recognised in the Golden Lion collection.
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Film · TMDB
7.7Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.
Cast
- Takeshi Kitano as Yoshitaka Nishi
- Kayoko Kishimoto as Nishi's Wife
- Ren Osugi as Horibe
- Susumu Terajima as Nakamura
- Tetsu Watanabe as Junkyard Owner
- Hakuryu as Yakuza Hitman
Themes
- sea
- farewell
- beach
- gambling
- yakuza
- loss
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
34,784 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
83/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Awards
- 23 wins & 23 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Hana-bi
- Film.image
- HanaBi_poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Takeshi Kitano
- Film.producer
- Masayuki MoriYasushi TsugeTakio Yoshida
- Film.writer
- Takeshi Kitano
- Film.music
- Joe Hisaishi
- Film.cinematography
- Hideo Yamamoto
- Film.editing
- Takeshi KitanoYoshinori Ota
- Film.distributor
- Nippon Herald Films
- Film.runtime
- 103 minutes
- Film.country
- Japan
- Film.language
- Japanese
- Film.budget
- $2.3 million
- Album.name
- Hana-bi
- Album.type
- soundtrack
- Album.artist
- Joe Hisaishi
- Album.cover
- Hana-Bi.JPG
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Main subject
- leukemia
- Director
- Takeshi Kitano
- Screenwriter
- Takeshi Kitano
- Cast member
- Yasuei Yakushiji
- Composer
- Joe Hisaishi
- Producer
- Masayuki Mori
- Production company
- Tokyo FM
- Narrative location
- Japan
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 475514
- Performer
- Joe Hisaishi
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.bandaivisual.co.jp/kitano/hanabi/index.html
- Image
- Takeshi Kitano Leone D'oro.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- publication date
- 1997-00-00
- title
- HANA-BI
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
- distributed by
- iTunes
- review score
- 96%
- box office
- 500000
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Soundtrack
- Track listing
- Credits
- Reception
- Legacy
- References
- External links
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 received critical acclaim and won the Golden Lion at the 54th Venice International Film Festival, helping to establish Kitano as an internationally acclaimed filmmaker; the film has developed a cult following.
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