Fireworks (1997)
Work is all I've ever known.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Takeshi Kitano
as Yoshitaka Nishi
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Kayoko Kishimoto
as Nishi's Wife
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Ren Osugi
as Horibe
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Susumu Terajima
as Nakamura
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Tetsu Watanabe
as Junkyard Owner
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Hakuryu
as Yakuza Hitman
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Yasuei Yakushiji
as Criminal
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Tarô Itsumi
as Kudo
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Kenichi Yajima
as Doctor
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Makoto Ashikawa
as Tanaka
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Yuko Daike
as Tanaka's Widow
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Tsumami Edamame
as Businessman Throwing Rocks
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Yûrei Yanagi
as Chef #1
- Sujitarô Tamabukuro as Chef #2
- Motoharu Tamura as Chief Detective
- Hitoshi Nishizawa as Yakuza Head
- Hiromi Kikai as Yakuza Henchman #1
- Shoko Kitano as Young Girl Flying a Kite
Crew
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Takeshi Kitano
Director
- Hideo Yamamoto Director of Photography
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Takeshi Kitano
Editor
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Yoshinori Ota
Editor
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Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer
- Yasushi Tsuge Producer
- Takio Yoshida Producer
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Masayuki Mori
Producer
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Takeshi Kitano
Screenplay
