Hana-bi
1997 ‧ Crime/Thriller ‧ 1h 43m
Yoshitaka Nishi leaves the police force and borrows money from the mob to spend time with his dying wife. But he is forced to give up his ideals once again to pay back the criminals.
Release date: March 20, 1998 (USA)
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Distributed by: Kadokawa Daiei Studio
Budget: $2.3 million
Cinematography: Hideo Yamamoto
Language: Japanese
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Takeshi Kitano's approach toward serenity and brutality in Hana-Bi is one of lyrical beauty, an extraordinary piece of profoundly moving artistry, one of pure ...
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'Hana-bi' is one of the most impressive movies I've seen in the last ten years. Writer/director/star Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano) is best known in Japan as ...