Hana-bi / Film Movement Classics presents ; a film directed by Takeshi Kitano ; written by Takeshi Kitano ; presented by Dandai Visual [and 3 others] ; produced by Masayuki Mori, Yasushi Tsuge, and Takio Yoshida.
Title from disc label. Wide screen. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997. Beat Takeshi, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima.
Summary:
Former police officer Nishi feels responsible for the shattered lives of his loved ones. His partner Horbie 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.
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