Fireworks (1998)

  • R
  • 03/20/1998 (US)
  • Crime, Drama
  • 1h 43m

Work is all I've ever known.

Overview

Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.

Takeshi Kitano

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Takeshi Kitano's headshot

Takeshi Kitano

Yoshitaka Nishi
Kayoko Kishimoto's headshot

Kayoko Kishimoto

Nishi's Wife
Ren Osugi's headshot

Ren Osugi

Horibe
Susumu Terajima's headshot

Susumu Terajima

Nakamura
Tetsu Watanabe's headshot

Tetsu Watanabe

Junkyard Owner
Hakuryu's headshot

Hakuryu

Yakuza Hitman
Yasuei Yakushiji's headshot

Yasuei Yakushiji

Criminal
Tarô Itsumi's headshot

Tarô Itsumi

Kudo

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