FIREWORKS (1997)

After loosing a son, detective Nishi (Takeshi Kitano) faces more grave pain by learning that his wife is terminally ill and his best friend has just been wheel chair bound by a bullet.  He is also running out of money, which he needs in order to help a widow of a partner who got shot in an arrest.  Meanwhile, his friend is suicidal and he knows that he has talked about being a painter, but cannot afford starting a new hobby.  Therefore, he borrows some money from the Yakuza who want their money back eventually.  Many problems begin to accumulate and Nishi becomes more desperate for a solution.  Fireworks is a stunningly beautiful film full of pain and sorrows of a poor policeman that will entangle the audience.

DIRECTED BY

Takeshi Kitano

COUNTRY

Japan

REVIEWED
10/13/2002
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