HANA-BI
Takeshi Kitano

TITLE

HANA-BI

DIRECTOR

Takeshi Kitano

PRODUCER

Office Kitano

STATUS

Completed

NATIONALITY

Japanese

YEAR

1997

LANGUAGE

Japanese

LENGTH

103'

ORIGINAL TITLE

Hana-Bi

GENRE

Masters

CAST

Takeshi Kitano, Tetsu Watanabe, Kayoko Kishimoto

TITLE

HANA-BI

DIRECTOR

Takeshi Kitano

PRODUCER

Office Kitano

STATUS

Completed

NATIONALITY

Japanese

YEAR

1997

ORIGINAL TITLE

Hana-Bi

LANGUAGE

Japanese

LENGTH

103'

CAST

Takeshi Kitano, Tetsu Watanabe, Kayoko Kishimoto

GENRE

Masters

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SYNOPSIS

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.

FESTIVALS

Venice Film Festival |ᅠGolden Lion Awards of the Japanese Academy César Awards, France European Film Awards | Screen International Award Sao Paulo International Film Festival Yokohama Film Festival Russian Guild of Film Critics

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