Fireworks (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3

Before Swallowtail Butterfly and All About Lily Chou-Chou, acclaimed director Iwai Shunji presented a much simpler tale of youth in the 1993 television movie Fireworks. Poetically paced and tenderly told, the film interweaves two coming-of-age tales with one hazy dazy summer. Fireworks earned Iwai the Best Newcomer award from the Japanese Director's Association, a sign of greater things to come for the rookie director who would later emerge as one of the most important figures in Japanese cinema.

Summer is here, and Norimichi (Yamazaki Yuta), Yusuke (Sorita Takayuki), and Junichi (Kohashi Kenji) can't seem to agree on an answer to that most pressing question of adolescence: are fireworks flat or round? Should they be viewed from the side or from below? On the night of the summer fireworks display, the boys set out to discover the answer. Meanwhile, Nazuna (Okina Megumi) has greater questions of her own to contend with. Her parents are getting divorced, and at summer's end she has to move away with her mother. Nazuna plans to run away from home before then. Unbeknownst to Norimichi and Yusuke, she decides that one of them will be accompanying her.

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Product Title:	Fireworks (Hong Kong Version) 煙花 (香港版) 烟花 (香港版) 打ち上げ花火、下から見るか？ 横から見るか？ （香港版） Fireworks (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Okina Megumi (Actor) | Yamazaki Yuta (Actor) 奧菜惠 惠 (Actor) | 山崎裕太 (Actor) 奥菜 惠 (Actor) | 山崎裕太 (Actor) 奥菜　恵 (Actor) | 山崎裕太 (Actor) Okina Megumi (Actor) | Yamazaki Yuta (Actor)
Director:	Iwai Shunji 岩井俊二 岩井俊二 岩井俊二 Iwai Shunji
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Release Date:	2006-06-30
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Japan
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	1.33 : 1
Sound Information:	Dolby Digital
Disc Format(s):	DVD-5, DVD
Region Code:	3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Duration:	51 (mins)
Publisher:	Panorama (HK)
Package Weight:	80 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004455162

* Screen Format: 4:3
* Sound Mix: Dobly Digital
* DVD Type: DVD-5

導演: 岩井俊二
Director: Shunji Iwai

少年典道和同伴們爭論起一個有關煙花的問題，為了解決這個困惑，他們打算趁煙花祭的機會到燃放煙花的燈塔上看個究竟。同時，他們的同學少女奈砂因為父母離異而決定離家出走，他想告白卻又沒有勇氣。於是他們在煙花表演的夜晚，一起爬山去那個燈塔。而遺憾的是，當這些少年最終到達燈塔的時候，煙花表演卻結束了。

少男少女間朦朧的感情，遺憾帶來的傷感，《煙花》（原名《如果，「往上打的煙花，應躺下仰望？抑或從側面看？」》）簡直可以稱為《情書》的雛形。在《煙花》中，岩井俊二把少年時代的經歷和情感刻劃得真摯自然。他憑此片的出色表現，奪得了當年日本電影導演協會的年度新人獎。

Two intertwined tales explore how one tiny incident can change everything. Sixth-graders Norimichi, Yusuke and Junichi can't quite figure out how fireworks look when seen from the side. Do they look round? Or do they look flat? Experimenting for themselves seems like a perfect way to find out, so on the night of the Summer Fireworks, the threesome decide to embark on a little adventure. On the same day, their classmate Nazuna is planning to 'elope' with either Norimichi or Yusuke, whoever wins a 50m swimming race.

Friendship or love? This eternal question is the underlying theme in these two interesting stories stuffed with heart, innocence and charm.