Director Takeshi Kitano. Takeshi Kitano. Top credits Director Takeshi Kitano. See more at IMDbPro. Photos Top cast Edit. Kayoko Kishimoto Nishi's wife as Nishi's wife. Susumu Terajima Nakamura as Nakamura. Yasuei Yakushiji Criminal as Criminal. Ken'ichi Yajima Doctor as Doctor. Makoto Ashikawa Tanaka as Tanaka. Hiromi Kikai. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Nishi, a police detective, has had to deal with a series of emotionally devastating events over the recent past. His only child, then preschool age, died two years ago.
His wife, currently in the hospital, has been diagnosed with a terminal case of leukemia. And he develops a case of guilt when his colleague Horibe, during a stakeout which Nishi himself was supposed to be on but who, on Horibe's suggestion, was visiting his wife in the hospital instead at the time, gets shot point blank.
That guilt is only exacerbated when Horibe, who as a result becomes paraplegic, is abandoned by his wife and child, with Horibe himself at a loss with what to do with his life as being a police was his sole identity. As a means to cope, Nishi becomes increasingly reckless, which affects the way he does his police work. That recklessness extends to his personal life when his wife's doctor recommends that she go home, Nishi, in the process, borrowing money from the yakuza to make ends meet.
That recklessness also leads to him taking matters into his own hands as he tries to make his and his wife's life together, for however long it will last, a series of small yet special moments.
Crime Drama Romance Thriller. Darting like a kite through the wind as death closes in around you. Flowers wilt, fireworks fizzle, but oh what colour and light they can give. Takeshi's gentle husky tones, the peerless beauty of Joe Hisaishi's score the sound of heartstrings and every moment of tenderness and quiet bliss that carry us along Nishi's journey brought me to tears in a public library.
A film that cradles you and shakes you, leaving you paradoxically frozen and free - some part of me is still on that beach. I could stare at those paintings forever. Kitano's masterful control of tone, reflective silence, unspoken menace, as well as his juxtaposition of melancholy with brutality, makes Hanna-Bi an unclassifiable tale of crime and redemption. As a film of few words, Hana-Bi lets its haunting imagery - the snow, the waves, the bursts of gore and yes, the fireworks - speak for itself.
Make no mistake; it's a Ghibli film for adults. Letterboxd is an independent service created by a small team, and we rely mostly on the support of our members to maintain our site and apps. Where to watch Trailer.
Director Takeshi Kitano. Takeshi Kitano. Hideo Yamamoto. Norihiro Isoda. Tatsuo Ozeki. Joe Hisaishi. Masami Saitou. Genres crime drama. Next time I'll kill you. Say cheese. In ,…. What Nick said. Beautiful Violent Breathtaking! The Audio. The Supplements. Summary Takeshi "Beat" Kitano is a an ex-cop trying to finance the final days with his wife on borrowed money from a yakuza loan shark and a bank robbery in this visually splendid and often visceral Golden Lion winner from What people say Be the first to leave a review.
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