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Current status - Released
Total runtime - 103 mins.
Release date - 05-11-1997
Release year - 1997
Genres - Crime, Drama
Overall ratings and scores for Fireworks:
Happiness Score - 7.7/10, World Popularity Score - 11.777/100, IMDB Score - 7.7, Metascore - N/A, Internet Movie Database - 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 96%, .
Fireworks movie has Total Global Votes - 488, Total IMD Votes - 30,611
Fireworks Movie Introduction: Movie Fireworks, release year 1997 is written by Takeshi Kitano and directed by Takeshi Kitano. The leading star-cast in this movie are Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi along with the other stars and crew members.
Trailers, Clips, Featurettes and Behind the Scenes
Movie overview and plot by Anagha Shashank
Movie in-short: Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
Movie story-line: 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.
Movie synopsis: Nishi, a police detective, has had to deal with a series of emotionally devastating events over the recent past. His only child, then preschool age, died two years ago. His wife, currently in the hospital, has been diagnosed with a terminal case of leukemia. And he develops a case of guilt when his colleague Horibe, during a stakeout which Nishi himself was supposed to be on but who, on Horibe's suggestion, was visiting his wife in the hospital instead at the time, gets shot point blank. That guilt is only exacerbated when Horibe, who as a result becomes paraplegic, is abandoned by his wife and child, with Horibe himself at a loss with what to do with his life as being a police was his sole identity. As a means to cope, Nishi becomes increasingly reckless, which affects the way he does his police work. That recklessness extends to his personal life when his wife's doctor recommends that she go home, Nishi, in the process, borrowing money from the yakuza to make ends meet. That recklessness also leads to him taking matters into his own hands as he tries to make his and his wife's life together, for however long it will last, a series of small yet special moments.
Highlights - Fireworks (1997)
Total budget - $0.00
Total revenue - $0.00
Produced by - Bandai VisualOffice KitanoTokyo FMTV Tokyo
Produced in - Japan
Available languages - Japanese (日本語),
Homepage URL -
Awards won / Nominations - 23 wins & 24 nominations
Certificate(s) - DE : 16 MX : B15 NL : 16 NL : 16 RU : K-16 FI : R US : 18 CA : 18 KR : R-15 JP : T IT : 12
Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of Fireworks (1997)
Lead Actors - Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi
Writer(s) - Takeshi Kitano
Director(s) - Takeshi Kitano
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ) about Fireworks (1997)
What is the release date of Fireworks (1997)?
Release date of Fireworks (1997) is 05-11-1997.
What is the total runtime of Fireworks (1997) in minutes?
Total runtime of Fireworks (1997) in minutes is 103 min.
What is the budget consumed to produce Fireworks (1997) movie?
The budget consumed to produce Fireworks (1997) movie is around $0.00.
How much revenue is expected from movie Fireworks (1997)?
Expected revenue from movie movie Fireworks (1997) is around $0.00.
What is the pupularity of Fireworks (1997)?
Worldwide pupularity of Fireworks (1997) movie is 11.777%.
What is the name of the production company of film Fireworks (1997)?
Production company of film Fireworks (1997) is/are Bandai Visual, Office Kitano, Tokyo FM, TV Tokyo, .
Which country the film Fireworks (1997) is produced in?
Film production country for the film Fireworks (1997) is Japan, .
Which language the film Fireworks (1997) is produced in?
Film Fireworks (1997) is produced in Japanese (日本語), language(s).
Which Genre the film Fireworks (1997) belongs to?
Movie Fireworks (1997) is categorized under Crime, Drama, Romance genre(s).
Who are the lead actors of the film Fireworks (1997)?
Lead actors of the film Fireworks (1997) are Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi.
Who is the writer of the film Fireworks (1997)?
The writer(s) of the film Fireworks (1997) is/are Takeshi Kitano.
Who is the director of the film Fireworks (1997)?
The director(s) of the film Fireworks (1997) is/are Takeshi Kitano.
Which awards, nominations and recognitions are won by Fireworks (1997) movie?
Movie Fireworks (1997) has 23 wins & 24 nominations awards and nomination in it's profile.
What is the story of Fireworks (1997) in-short?
Short plot of movie Fireworks (1997): Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions..
What is the full story of Fireworks (1997) movie?
Full plot of movie Fireworks (1997): Nishi, a police detective, has had to deal with a series of emotionally devastating events over the recent past. His only child, then preschool age, died two years ago. His wife, currently in the hospital, has been diagnosed with a terminal case of leukemia. And he develops a case of guilt when his colleague Horibe, during a stakeout which Nishi himself was supposed to be on but who, on Horibe's suggestion, was visiting his wife in the hospital instead at the time, gets shot point blank. That guilt is only exacerbated when Horibe, who as a result becomes paraplegic, is abandoned by his wife and child, with Horibe himself at a loss with what to do with his life as being a police was his sole identity. As a means to cope, Nishi becomes increasingly reckless, which affects the way he does his police work. That recklessness extends to his personal life when his wife's doctor recommends that she go home, Nishi, in the process, borrowing money from the yakuza to make ends meet. That recklessness also leads to him taking matters into his own hands as he tries to make his and his wife's life together, for however long it will last, a series of small yet special moments..
Where to find full details of Fireworks (1997) movie?
You can find the full details of movie Fireworks (1997) at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119250
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List of full Starcast and crew members of Fireworks (1997)
Full Starcast:
Name: Takeshi Kitano
Character: Yoshitaka Nishi
Name: Kayoko Kishimoto
Character: Nishi's wife
Name: Ren Osugi
Character: Horibe
Name: Susumu Terajima
Character: Nakamura
Name: Tetsu Watanabe
Character: The Scrap Yard Owner
Name: Hakuryu
Character: The Yakuza Hitman
Name: Yasuei Yakushiji
Character: Criminal
Name: Tarô Itsumi
Character: Kudo
Name: Ken'ichi Yajima
Character: Doctor
Name: Makoto Ashikawa
Character: Tanaka
Name: Yuko Daike
Character: Tanaka's widow
Name: Tsumami Edamame
Character: Businessman Throwing Rocks
Name: Yûrei Yanagi
Character: Chef #1
Name: Sujitarô Tamabukuro
Character: Chef #2
Name: Tokio Seki
Character: Old Hick
Name: Motoharu Tamura
Character: Chief Detective
Name: Hitoshi Nishizawa
Character: Yakuza Head
Name: Hiromi Kikai
Character:
Name: Shoko Kitano
Character: Girl Who Flies Kite
Name: Yoshiyuki Morishita
Character: Hoodlum B
Name: Junichiro Asano
Character:
Name: Kazuhiro Osada
Character:
Name: Manzô Shinra
Character: Man shot in face
Name: Tetsu Sakuma
Character:
Name: Riba Matsumi
Character:
Name: Miki Fujitani
Character:
Name: Keiko Yamamoto
Character: Nurse A
Name: Kiyoko Kitazawa
Character: Nurse B
Name: Ai Kishina
Character: A girl in the scrap shop
Name: Banri Nakamura
Character:
Name: Takao Bokuji
Character:
Name: Masahiro Naya
Character:
Name: Takayuki Konishi
Character: Detective B
Name: Yûzô Yada
Character:
Name: Kanji Tsuda
Character:
Name: Yôichi Nagai
Character:
Name: Kôsuke Ôta
Character:
Name: Muhômatsu
Character:
Name: Omiya no Matsu
Character:
Name: Shiyô Kosuga
Character:
Name: Gambino Kobayashi
Character:
Name: Al Kitago
Character:
Name: Yûji Aikawa
Character:
Name: Hiroshi Umeda
Character:
Name: Kenji Yamagami
Character:
Name: Tomoya Naitô
Character:
Name: Katsuya Takamatsu
Character:
Name: Yasufumi Sakamaki
Character:
Name: Atsushi Ito
Character:
Name: Mitsuyo Ishigaki
Character:
Name: Ayako Masuya
Character:
Name: Sumiko Takai
Character:
Name: Mariko Chiba
Character:
Name: Miho Kitahara
Character:
Name: Yoshiko Andô
Character:
Name: Kaoru Sugiyama
Character:
Name: Kikuo Itô
Character:
Name: Shûji Ôtsuki
Character:
Name: Setchin Kawaya
Character: Male Bank Customer #3
Name: Koichiro Hama
Character:
Name: Masaru Takahashi
Character:
Name: Ritsuyo Ono
Character:
Name: Yôko Imamoto
Character:
Name: Kiyoko Negishi
Character:
Name: Saki Kaneko
Character:
Name: Kaoru Tomoe
Character:
Name: Ayu Nakagawa
Character:
Name: Rieko Motohashi
Character:
Name: Maiko Watanabe
Character:
Name: Kazue Fujita
Character:
Name: Yuki Iida
Character:
Name: Ryôta Koyama
Character:
Crew Members:
Name: Joe Hisaishi
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Original Music Composer
Name: Takeshi Kitano
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Director
Name: Takeshi Kitano
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Editor
Name: Takeshi Kitano
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Writer
Name: Yoshinori Ota
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Editor
Name: Norihiro Isoda
Department: Art
Job/Role: Art Direction
Name: Takio Yoshida
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Senji Horiuchi
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Designer
Name: Tatsuo Ozeki
Department: Art
Job/Role: Set Decoration
Name: Yasushi Tsuge
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Hideo Yamamoto
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography
Name: Hiroshi Shimizu
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Assistant Director
Name: Masayuki Mori
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Masami Saitou
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Costume Design
Name: Hiroshi Ishikawa
Department: Production
Job/Role: Co-Producer
Name: Masashi Furuya
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Assistant
Name: Akira Nakano
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Recordist
Reviews Section
Drop Dead. Hana-bi (AKA: Fireworks) is written and directed by Takeshi Kitano. It stars Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi and Susumu Terajima. Music is by Joe Hisaishi and cinematography by Hideo Yamamoto. Yoshikata Nishi (Kitano) is a loose cannon police detective who quits the force after a tragic incident results in his partner, Horibe (Osugi), being confined to a wheelchair. His retirement brings him the time to care more for his seriously ill wife Miyuki (Kishimoto). Nishi can find no peace, though, more so as he has borrowed money from the Yakuza to pay for his wife's needs, and they are growing impatient for the repayment... Very early in Kitano's superb slice of Japanese neo-noir there is a piece of graffiti on the wall, it says "Drop Dead", while Hisaishi's music is a devilish accompaniment to the scene. It's ominous and foreboding, setting the tone for what is to follow. Pic is deliberately paced, beautifully so, with the opening nonlinear approach and scattergun shifts in time adding a sort of psychological maelstrom to the impending narrative darkness. Yet to suggest it as a perpetually bleak picture is doing it a small disservice, for Kitano (himself working from a damaged psyche that occurred in real life) has this adroit eye for poetic beauty and human tenderness that marries up with bursts of violence and emotionally shattering passages of play. And it works brilliantly, with stabs of humour also filtering in via the outer frames. Nishi the character is a force of nature and a walking - brooding - contradiction, a man pained behind his sunglasses, his expressionless visage amazingly still saying so much. When he explodes the impact is doubly strong, mainly because dialogue is so sparse, but the interwoven visuals - very much a Kitano speciality - strike an almighty chord for the story. To which we edge towards the finale, which unsurprisingly brings beauty and infinite sadness. Unfussy camera work, sabre sharp editing (Kitano & Yoshinori Oota), elegiacal musical arrangements, art, kites and Kitano's intense performance, this rounds out as film making greatness. In fact, a masterpiece. 10/10
There's greatness in there, for sure, but 'Fireworks' (or, the better title, 'Hana-bi') drags on for too long. I was with it for the first 45-55 minutes, but the final portion of the film really dragged for me; aside from a few moments, it kinda just repeats the same sorta scenes over and over. Like, personally, I got it... needed a bit more to it, in my opinion. There are some very good performances, no doubt. Takeshi Kitano is the obvious star of the show, though I was also impressed by Ren Osugi - who is just as excellent as the aforementioned writer, producer and director of this 1997 flick. The support cast are solid, while everything onscreen looks neat too. I did like this overall, but I can't say it hit me as much as it evidently has for others. Worth a watch, either way.
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