Hana-Bi (Fireworks) (1997)

[Akijama]

Coming from Film Movement Classics

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07473FZSK...n%3A2650305011

Product Description
**Beautifully restored in HD, this classic film is now released for the first time in North America on Blu Ray.**

**Winner of 19 awards, including the prestigious Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Int'l Film Festival.**

Former police officer Nishi feels responsible for the shattered lives of his loved ones. His partner Horibe has been crippled in a disastrous stakeout, a colleague is shot dead by the same villain, and his own wife has a terminal illness. In debt to a yakuza loanshark, Nishi conceives a bank robbery to provide for his partner, help the dead cop's widow, and take one last holiday throughout Japan with his wife and share a final taste of happiness. A highly original crime drama written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano.

Bonus Features, include: Commentary by film writer for Rolling Stone magazine, David Fear; Making-of featurette.

Package, includes: Collector's Booklet, featuring essay by film writer, Jasper Sharp; cast and crew credits; chapter breaks; stills.
Review
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Venice Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Toronto Int'l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - New York Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Pusan Int'l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tokyo Int'l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Fantasporto Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Singapore Int'l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Helsinki Int'l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Locarno Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Moscow Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tallinn International Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Camerimage Film Festival
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...meticulously handsome, imaginatively edited...Hana-Bi shows off both [Kitano's] fierce and gentle talents. --Janet Maslin, The New York Times

Hana-Bi announces not only a new kind of 'cop movie' but a template for a new kind of Kitano film. - Jaime N. Christley, Slant Magazine (4 out of 4 Stars)

Glimmers of Kitano s deadpan humor peek through this rich and visually beautiful work that, for all its stylized violence, manages to convey stillness, sweetness, and affecting emotional depth. --Entertainment Weekly