Directed by:
Takeshi KitanoScreenplay:
Takeshi KitanoCinematography:
山本英夫Composer:
Joe HisaishiCast:
Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ōsugi, Susumu Terajima, Yūko Daike, Makoto Ashikawa, Tetsu Watanabe, Anatoliy Rudenko, Kanji Tsuda, Kenichi Yajima (more)Plots(1)
Former Police officer Nishi feels responsible for the shattered lives of his loved ones. His partner Horibe 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… A highly original crime drama written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano. (Third Window Films)
(more)Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Japan
Best movies:
Kikujiro (1999)
Fireworks (1997)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Kayoko Kishimoto
Japan
Ren Ōsugi
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
By Player (2000)
Fireworks (1997)
Susumu Terajima
Japan
Best movies:
Nobody Knows (2004)
When Marnie Was There (2014)
Fireworks (1997)
Yūko Daike
Japan
Best movies:
Kikujiro (1999)
Fireworks (1997)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Makoto Ashikawa
Japan
Best movies:
Fireworks (1997)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Kids Return (1996)
Tetsu Watanabe
Japan
Best movies:
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Fireworks (1997)
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
Anatoliy Rudenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Fireworks (1997)
Kanji Tsuda
Japan
Best movies:
Fireworks (1997)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Kenichi Yajima
Japan
Best movies:
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
Fireworks (1997)
Sonatine, mélodie mortelle (1993)
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Japan
Best movies:
Fireworks (1997)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Heavenly Forest (2006)
Hakuryū
Japan
Best movies:
Mr. Sunshine (2018) (series)
Fireworks (1997)
Under the Open Sky (2020)
つまみ枝豆
Japan
Best movies:
Fireworks (1997)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
Yûrei Yanagi
Japan
Best movies:
Fireworks (1997)
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Dangan Runner (1996)