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Over the last two decades, Kitano Takeshi has emerged as one of the most representative figures of Japanese cinema, be it as an actor or as a director. His distinct style and aesthetic, characterized by unflinching violence, bizarre surrealism, and deadpan black humor, has brought him awards and acclaim the world over, and Hana-Bi, a.k.a. Fireworks, is one of his most well-known works. Kitano's signature synthesis of violent yakuza bloodshed and poetic silence reaches a beautiful zenith in this thrilling, yet meditative masterpiece. The film also features brilliant supporting performances from acclaimed actor Osugi Ren and Kitano regulars Kishimoto Kayoko and Terajima Susumu and a sublime film score from renowned composer Hisaishi Joe. Hana-Bi picked up a myriad of awards including the prestigious Golden Lion at the 1997 Venice Film Festival and a clean sweep at the Blue Ribbon Awards (Best Film, Director, Actor, and Supporting Actor).

Decked in dark suit and shades, cop Nishi (Kitano Takeshi) may look as cool, collected, and curiously unemotive as ever, but his life is slowly spinning out of control. His wife (Kishimoto Kayoko) is dying of leukemia and his partner Horibe (Osugi Ren) becomes paralyzed and suicidal after getting shot on the job. While Horibe takes up painting to ease his mind (the artwork featured is painted by Kitano himself), Nishi leaves the police force. In order to pay for the mounting hospital bills, he becomes involved with the yakuza and gets pulled into a destructive spiral of crime and bloodshed.

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Product Title: Hana-Bi (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version) Hana-Bi (DVD) (英文字幕) (日本版) Hana-Bi (DVD) (英文字幕) (日本版) HANA-BI Hana-Bi (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version)
Artist Name(s): Kitano Takeshi | Kishimoto Kayoko 北野武 | 岸本加世子 北野武 | 岸本加世子 北野武 | 岸本加世子 Kitano Takeshi | Kishimoto Kayoko
Director: Kitano Takeshi 北野武 北野武 北野武 Kitano Takeshi
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Release Date: 2007-10-26
Publisher Product Code: BCBJ-3088
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English, Japanese
Country of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Publisher: Bandai Visual
Other Information: DVD
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004977330

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タイトル:HANA-BI
出演:ビートたけし／岸本加世子
監督:北野武

入院中の妻を見舞っていた西刑事のもとに嫌な知らせが届いた。同僚の堀部が撃たれたのだ。西はすぐに犯人を見つけるが、乱闘になり同行した若い部下が凶弾に倒れる。下半身不随となり絵を描きはじめた堀部、幼い子供を残して死んだ部下、そして余命少ない妻…。罪悪感にさいなまれる西は刑事を辞め、やくざからの借金と銀行強盗をして手に入れた金を堀部らに送り、妻と二人きりの最後の旅に出る…。
ベネチア国際映画祭金獅子賞受賞！世界約40ヶ国で上映され絶賛された、北野武監督による衝撃のバイオレンス・ドラマ。

■映像特典：メイキング映像／ビハイド・オブ・カメラ HANA-BI／劇場公開予告編

テクニカル・インフォメーション
色:カラー
画面:16：9／4：3（LB）
言語／音声:日本語：DD（2chサラウンド）

その他の情報
製作年:1997
著作権:(C)1997 バンダイビジュアル・テレビ東京・TOKYO FM/オフィス北野
日本小売価格:￥3800
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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10 (4)

Anonymous

February 28, 2004

This customer review refers to HANA-BI (Korean Version)
best movie Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
l havent seen Zatoichi yet but l'm expecting it to be another masterpiece of Takeshi Kitano. This movie is called Hana-bi. Hana means flower and bi means fire and the 2 put together is firework. TK carefully saparate the two words but at the same time link them by a hyphen. That is the main theme of the movie! The movie explores the meaning of life and how to live a life... At the begining, all bad things happened to Nishi, his family and his friends and he has no reason to live on. However, he decided to let all others around him to live on meaningfully by sacrificing himself... to him, one should live a beautiful and meaningful life however short it is... as beautiful as flower and as short as fire,and on a whole as splendid as firework however short it is... so he took his wife to the north so that she would memorize those happy moments they once had (his wife has not yet recovered from the pain for the loss of their daughter and shortly after she learned that she had cancer... no reason to stay alive). He has 3 partners in work. One has broken his legs and was dumped by his wife and daughter. He has no reason to life on and committed suicide. However, he was saved and Nishi tried every effort to encourage him to live a beautiful life. Nishi also gave money to the wife of his other partner(they were just married) to support her living. The remaining partner remained working for the police coz he was not injured. He carry on his daily duty but it seems that life is not meaningful nor beautiful to this partner, so at the end he said something like "l hope l could lead a life like him (Nishi)" with admiration in his eyes. l bought this dvd set. This dvd set is especially good cos it contains a small booklet with pix, information and the dialogue of the scenes in the movie. a most buy for TK's collection.
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Anonymous

July 3, 2003

This customer review refers to Hana-bi (Taiwan Version)
The Best Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
In my opinion this is easily one of the best movies you will ever see.
No pointless gun battles, but a strongly emotional storyline that will bring tears to your eyes at the end of the movie.
This story will stay in your mind for days and days.
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Anonymous

October 31, 2002

This customer review refers to Hana-bi (Taiwan Version)
Worst film ever Customer Review Rated Bad 1 - 1 out of 10
After hearing that this film won quite afew awards and it is considered one of the best film of all time, I was really expecting this film to be really good. But I was so disappointed, Because in my opinion this is by far the worst film I have ever seen(crap storyline, limited action and all the actors(except for Beat Takeshi) and actress are unknown).
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Anonymous

June 30, 2002

This customer review refers to HANA-BI (Korean Version)
Good but not the best Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10
Hana-bi also known as Fireworks is one of Kitano's most famous movies. This movie is similar to many of his others such as Violent Cop. This movie is not really an action-movie. Rather, it is a slow moving movie that is filled with mostly talking and serene scenes with some bursts of violence here and there. I fouind this movie to be a bit boring actually though the ending is shocking.
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