Hana-bi - Takeshi Kitano (1997)
aka: "Fireworks"
DVDRIP | 99 min | MKV-x264 720x384 | 25 fps | AAC | 1.4 GB
Languages: Audio 1: Japanese - Audio 2: French | Subtitles: English - French - German - Spanish - Portuguese in 5 optional srt files
Genre: Thriller - Drama - Romance
EXTRAS: Making of "Hana-bi" + Kitano's Interview
DVDRIP | 16 min + 15 min | MKV-x264 720x544 | 25 fps | AAC | 383 MB
Japanese language | English & French subs embedded in the mkv file
aka: "Fireworks"
DVDRIP | 99 min | MKV-x264 720x384 | 25 fps | AAC | 1.4 GB
Languages: Audio 1: Japanese - Audio 2: French | Subtitles: English - French - German - Spanish - Portuguese in 5 optional srt files
Genre: Thriller - Drama - Romance
EXTRAS: Making of "Hana-bi" + Kitano's Interview
DVDRIP | 16 min + 15 min | MKV-x264 720x544 | 25 fps | AAC | 383 MB
Japanese language | English & French subs embedded in the mkv file
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Writer: Takeshi Kitano
Japan - 1997 - color
Cast: Beat Takeshi, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima, Tetsu Watanabe, Makoto Ashikawa
Nishi is a policeman whose emotions seem to run only on two extreme paths – either quiet contentment or brutal rage. Nishi is a cop whose wife is slowly dying of Leukemia. One of his partners gets shot on the job and is confined to a wheel chair for the rest of his life and becomes suicidal. Nishi, feeling guilt over his partners accident, tries to help him in any way he can. At the same time, Nishi leaves the police force to spend more time with his dying wife. The film moves at a deliberate pace and devotes much time to exploring their relationship. Nishi has also borrowed money from the Yakuza to pay for his wife's needs, and is having difficulty repaying them. Meanwhile, Horibe takes up painting and creates works of art. The film will go spiraling deeper into desperation and slowly building up to tragedy.
The movie earned the Golden Lion award at the prestigious Venice Film Festival in 1997.