Hana-bi
花火
1997
Golden Lion — 54th Venice International Film Festival
- Director:
- Takeshi Kitano
- Studio:
- Bandai Visual, Office Kitano, Tokyo FM, TV Tokyo
- Starring:
- Beat Takeshi, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima
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Yoshitaka Nishi is a violent former police detective who had to retire after a tragic accident during a botched arrest in which another detective, Tanaka, was killed by the suspect while two others, Nakamura and Horibe, were severely injured. Becoming unemployed, Nishi spends most of his time taking care of his sick wife Miyuki, who has terminal leukemia. To pay for his wife's care, Nishi borrows money from the yakuza but is having difficulty repaying them.