Fireworks (1997)

HANA-BI
Fireworks
R 103 minutes JA Crime , Drama
Work is All I've Ever Known.
Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, paralyzed. Nishi leaves the police force to spend time with his wife at home, and must find a way to pay off his debts to the yakuza.
Yoshinori Ota
Editor
Hideo Yamamoto
Director of Photography
Senji Horiuchi
Sound Designer
Norihiro Isoda
Art Direction

Cast

Takeshi Kitano
Yoshitaka Nishi
Kayoko Kishimoto
Nishi's Wife
Ren Osugi
Horibe
Tetsu Watanabe
Junkyard Owner
Hakuryu
Yakuza Hitman
Yuko Daike
Tanaka's Widow
Tsumami Edamame
Businessman Throwing Rocks
Tokio Seki
Old Hick
Motoharu Tamura
Chief Detective
Hitoshi Nishizawa
Yakuza Head
Hiromi Kikai
Yakuza Henchman #1
Shoko Kitano
Young Girl Flying a Kite
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Yakuza Henchman #2
Junichiro Asano
Yakuza Henchman #3
Kazuhiro Osada
Yakuza Henchman #4
Manzō Shinra
Man Shot in the Face
Tetsu Sakuma
Yakuza Henchman #5

Crew

Hideo Yamamoto
Director of Photography
Senji Horiuchi
Sound Designer
Norihiro Isoda
Art Direction
Tatsuo Ozeki
Set Decoration
Akira Nakano
Sound Recordist
Masashi Furuya
Sound Assistant
Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer
Hikozo Akamatsu
Title Designer
Takeshi Kitano
Director
Hiroshi Shimizu
Assistant Director
Yasushi Tsuge
Producer
Takio Yoshida
Producer
Masayuki Mori
Producer
Hiroshi Ishikawa
Co-Producer