Country
Italy
Date
Sep 03, 1997
Certification
T
Note
Venice Film Festival
Work is all I've ever known.
1h 43min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Tarô Itsumi | Kudo |
| Kenichi Yajima | Doctor |
| Makoto Ashikawa | Tanaka |
| Yuko Daike | Tanaka's Widow |
| Tsumami Edamame | Businessman Throwing Rocks |
| Yûrei Yanagi | Chef #1 |
| Sujitarô Tamabukuro | Chef #2 |
| Motoharu Tamura | Chief Detective |
| Hitoshi Nishizawa | Yakuza Head |
| Hiromi Kikai | Yakuza Henchman #1 |
| Shoko Kitano | Young Girl Flying a Kite |
| Yoshiyuki Morishita | Yakuza Henchman #2 |
| Junichiro Asano | Yakuza Henchman #3 |
| Kazuhiro Osada | Yakuza Henchman #4 |
| Manzo Shinra | Man Shot in the Face |
| Tetsu Sakuma | Yakuza Henchman #5 |
| Riba Matsumi | Maid at the Inn |
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| Miki Fujitani | Florist Clerk |
| Keiko Yamamoto | Nurse A |
| Kiyoko Kitazawa | Nurse B |
| Ai Kishina | Girl in the Junkyard |
| Banri Nakamura | Kiosk Salesclerk |
| Masahiro Naya | Detective at Stakeout #1 |
| Takayuki Konishi | Detective at Stakeout #2 |
| Yûzô Yada | Temple Priest |
| Kanji Tsuda | Man under Interrogation |
| Yôichi Nagai | Cop Driving an Unmarked Car |
| Kôsuke Ôta | Bartender |
| Muhômatsu | Construction Worker |
| Omiya no Matsu | Restaurant Client |
| Shiyô Kosuga | Brat #1 |
| Gambino Kobayashi | Brat #2 |
| Al Kitago | Man Selling Taxi |
| Yûji Aikawa | Woman Walking in Mall (uncredited) |
| Hiroshi Umeda | Male Bank Clerk #1 (uncredited) |
| Kenji Yamagami | Male Bank Clerk #2 (uncredited) |
| Tomoya Naitô | Male Bank Clerk #3 (uncredited) |
| Katsuya Takamatsu | Male Bank Clerk #4 (uncredited) |
| Yasufumi Sakamaki | Male Bank Clerk #5 (uncredited) |
| Atsushi Ito | Male Bank Clerk #6 (uncredited) |
| Mitsuyo Ishigaki | Female Bank Clerk #1 (uncredited) |
| Ayako Masuya | Female Bank Clerk #2 (uncredited) |
| Sumiko Takai | Female Bank Clerk #3 (uncredited) |
| Mariko Chiba | Female Bank Clerk #4 (uncredited) |
| Miho Kitahara | Female Bank Clerk #5 (uncredited) |
| Yoshiko Andô | Female Bank Clerk #6 (uncredited) |
| Kaoru Sugiyama | Female Bank Clerk #7 (uncredited) |
| Kikuo Itô | Male Bank Customer #1 (uncredited) |
| Shûji Ôtsuki | Male Bank Customer #2 (uncredited) |
| Hidetoshi Kawaya | Male Bank Customer #3 (uncredited) |
| Koichiro Hama | Male Bank Customer #4 (uncredited) |
| Masaru Takahashi | Male Bank Customer #5 (uncredited) |
| Ritsuyo Ono | Male Bank Customer #6 (uncredited) |
| Yôko Imamoto | Female Bank Customer #1 (uncredited) |
| Kiyoko Negishi | Female Bank Customer #2 (uncredited) |
| Saki Kaneko | Female Bank Customer #3 (uncredited) |
| Kaoru Tomoe | Female Bank Customer #4 (uncredited) |
| Ayu Nakagawa | Female Bank Customer #5 (uncredited) |
| Maiko Watanabe | Female Bank Customer #6 (uncredited) |
| Kazue Fujita | Female Bank Customer #7 (uncredited) |
| Yuki Iida | Female Bank Customer #8 (uncredited) |
| Rieko Motohashi | Female Bank Customer #9 (uncredited) |
| Ryôta Koyama | Grandson Visiting Temple (uncredited) |
| Takao Toji | Man with Grandson (uncredited) |
| Matsumi Fuku | Landlady (uncredited) |
| Tokio Seki | 田舎の親父 |
Genres
CrimeDrama
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | HANA-BI |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Bandai Visual, Office Kitano, TV Tokyo, Tokyo FM |
| Data di uscita | 30 ottobre 1997 |
| Producer | Yasushi Tsuge, Takio Yoshida, Masayuki Mori, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Hiroshi Furukawa |
| Writer | Takeshi Kitano |
| Editors | Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ota, Soichi Ueno |
| Cinematography | Hideo Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Sasada, 斉藤里美 |
| Asst. Directors | Hiroshi Shimizu, Takeshi Kitano, Hideko Nakata |
| Lighting | Hitoshi Takaya |
| Camera Operators | Hideo Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Sasada, 斉藤里美 |
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| Add. Photography | Hideo Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Sasada, 斉藤里美 |
| Production Design | Norihiro Isoda, Hikozo Akamatsu, Tatsuo Ozeki |
| Art Direction | Hikozo Akamatsu, Tatsuo Ozeki, Norihiro Isoda |
| Set Decoration | Tatsuo Ozeki, Hikozo Akamatsu, Norihiro Isoda |
| Composer | Joe Hisaishi, Yukio Hokari, Akihiko Okase, Senji Horiuchi |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi, Yukio Hokari, Akihiko Okase, Senji Horiuchi |
Release dates
Premiere
Country
Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1997
Note
Toronto International Film Festival
Country
Czechia
Date
Jan 20, 2012
Note
Eiga-Sai Film Festival
Limited release
Country
United States
Date
Mar 20, 1998
Certification
R
Country
Czechia
Date
Jan 22, 1999
Certification
15+
Note
Projekt 100
Theatrical release
Country
Italy
Date
Oct 30, 1997
Certification
NR
Country
France
Date
Nov 05, 1997
Certification
12
Country
Germany
Date
Nov 11, 1997
Certification
16
Country
Russia
Date
Dec 01, 1997
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Country
Japan
Date
Jan 24, 1998
Certification
R-15
Country
Netherlands
Date
Feb 19, 1998
Certification
16
Country
Mexico
Date
Apr 16, 1998
Certification
B15
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Jul 24, 1998
Certification
18
Country
Spain
Date
Sep 04, 1998
Certification
18
Country
Finland
Date
Sep 20, 1998
Certification
K-16
Country
South Korea
Date
Dec 05, 1998
Certification
18
Physical media
Country
Netherlands
Date
Jan 01, 2007
Certification
16
Note
DVD
TV
Country
Czechia
Date
Oct 14, 2002
Note
ČT2
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