Fireworks (1997)

7.7/10 103 min Crime Drama

Overview

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

Takeshi Kitano

Yoshitaka Nishi

Kayoko Kishimoto

Nishi's Wife

Ren Osugi

Horibe

Susumu Terajima

Nakamura

Tetsu Watanabe

Junkyard Owner

Hakuryu

Yakuza Hitman

Yasuei Yakushiji

Criminal

Tarô Itsumi

Kudo

Kenichi Yajima

Doctor

Makoto Ashikawa

Tanaka

Yuko Daike

Tanaka's Widow

Tsumami Edamame

Businessman Throwing Rocks

Yûrei Yanagi

Chef #1

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yakuza Henchman #2

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