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Hana-bi
Title
Hana-bi / Bandai Visual, TV Tokyo, Tokyo FM and Office Kitano present ; produced by Masayuki Mori, Yasushi Tsuge, Takio Yoshida ; written, directed and edited by Takeshi Kitano.
Publication
[New York, New York] : Film Movement LLC, [2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 unnumbered poages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Notes
Title from title screen ; statement of responsibility from English subtitles.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.
"Takeshi Kitano - Volume 7"--English subtitles.
Wide screen.
Bonus features: commentary soundtrack with David Fear; making-of; essay by Jasper Sharp in booklet.
Music, Joe Hisaishi ; cinematographer, Hideo Yamamoto ; editors, Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ota.
Japanese dialogue; optional English subtitles ; credits in Japanese.
Summary
Former police officer Nishi feels responsible for the shattered lives of his loved ones. His partner Horbie has been crippled in a disastrous stakeout, a colleague is shot dead by the same villain, and his own wife has a terminal illness. In debt to a yakuza loanshark, Nishi conceives a bank robbery to provide for his partner, help the dead cop's widow, and take one last holiday throughout Japan with his wife and share a final taste of happiness.
Variant and related titles
Title from English subtitles: Fireworks
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2018
Series
Film movement classics
Credits
Music, Joe Hisaishi ; cinematographer, Hideo Yamamoto ; editors, Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ota.
Cast
Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susuma Terajima, Tetsu Watanabe.
System details note
DVD; NTSC; region 1; wide screen (1.85:1) ; LPCM stereo.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Caper films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Police films.
Caper films.
Police films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video, Japanese.
DVD-Video discs.
Also listed under
Ofisu Kitano, presenter, production company.
Bandai Bijuaru Kabushiki Kaisha, presenter.
Terebi Tōkyō, Kabushiki Kaisha, presenter.
Efuemu Tōkyō, Kabushiki Kaisha, presenter.
Film Movement (Firm), publisher.
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