Fireworks
Work is all I've ever known.
7.7(789) 1997-10-30 103 minCrimeDrama
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.
ProducerYasushi Tsuge
ProducerTakio Yoshida
ProducerMasayuki Mori
DirectorTakeshi Kitano
ScreenplayTakeshi Kitano
Original Music ComposerJoe Hisaishi
Cast & characters
Takeshi Kitano
as Yoshitaka Nishi
Kayoko Kishimoto
as Nishi's Wife
Ren Osugi
as Horibe
Susumu Terajima
as Nakamura
Tetsu Watanabe
as Junkyard Owner
Hakuryu
as Yakuza Hitman
Yasuei Yakushiji
as Criminal
Tarô Itsumi
as Kudo
Kenichi Yajima
as Doctor
Makoto Ashikawa
as Tanaka
Yuko Daike
as Tanaka's Widow
Tsumami Edamame
as Businessman Throwing Rocks
Yûrei Yanagi
as Chef #1
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Sujitarô Tamabukuro
as Chef #2
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Motoharu Tamura
as Chief Detective
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Hitoshi Nishizawa
as Yakuza Head
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Hiromi Kikai
as Yakuza Henchman #1
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Shoko Kitano
as Young Girl Flying a Kite
Yoshiyuki Morishita
as Yakuza Henchman #2
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Junichiro Asano
as Yakuza Henchman #3
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Kazuhiro Osada
as Yakuza Henchman #4
Manzo Shinra
as Man Shot in the Face
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Tetsu Sakuma
as Yakuza Henchman #5
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Riba Matsumi
as Maid at the Inn
