HANA-BI
Detective Nishi has already lost his small daughter and now learns that his wife has a terminal illness, at the same time he learns that his partner at work has been shot and seriously wounded. Filled with grief at his losses, Nishi decides to do whatever it takes to right some of the wrongs in his life.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Yoshitaka Nishi Takeshi Kitano
- Miyuki, Nishi's wife Kayoko Kishimoto
- Horibe Ren Ôsugi
- Detective Nakamura Susumu Terajima
- Tezuka, junkyard owner Tetsu Watanabe
- yakuza hitman Haku Ryu
- killer on the loose Yasuei Yakushiji
- Detective Kudo, young cop Taro Itsumi
- doctor Kenichi Yajima
- Detective Tanaka Makoto Ashikawa
- Detective Tanaka's widow Yuko Daike
- stone throwing officer worker Edamame Tsunami
- chef of the Japanese restaurant A Yûrei Yanagi
- hit and run victim hooligan Sujitaro Tamabukuro
- driver of the smaller truck Tokio Seki
- chief detective Motoharu Tamura
- boss of yakuza loan shark Hitoshi Nishizawa
- yakuza henchman A Hiromi Kikai
- the girl who flies kite Shoko Matsuda
- yakuza henchman B Yoshiyuki Morishita
- yakuza henchman E Junichiro Asai
- yakuza henchman D Kazuhiro Nagata
- yakuza henchman C Tetsu Sakuma
- yakuza henchman who is shot in the head Bansho Shinra
- maid at the inn Satowa Matsumi
- florist clerk Miki Fujitani
- nurse A Keiko Yamamoto
- nurse B Kyoko Kitazawa
- daughter of scrapyard owner Ai Kishina
- kiosk salesclerk Mari Nakamura
- old man visiting temple w/his grand son Takao Toji
- detective at stakeout A Shindai Naya
- detective at stakeout B Muneyuki Konishi
- temple priest Yuzo Yada
- the man under investigation Kanji Tsuda
- the cop driving an unmarked car Yoichi Nagai
- bartender Kohsuke Ota
- the construction worker Muhomatsu
- chef of the Japanese restaurant B Omiyanomatsu
- brat A Shaw Kosugi
- brat A Banbino Kobayashi
- the man who tries to sell taxi Al Kitago
- . Yuji Aikawa
- male bank clerk 1 Hiroshi Umeda
- male bank clerk 2 Kenji Yamagami
- male bank clerk 3 Tomoya Naito
- male bank clerk 4 Katsuya Takamatsu
- male bank clerk 5 Yasushi Sakamaki
- male bank clerk 6 Atsushi Ito
- female bank clerk 1 Mitsuyo Ishigaki
- female bank clerk 2 Fumiko Masuya
- female bank clerk 3 Junko Takai
- female bank clerk 4 Mariko Chiba
- female bank clerk 5 Miho Kitahara
- female bank clerk 6 Yoshiko Ando
- female bank clerk 7 Kaoru Sugiyama
- male bank customer 1 Kikuo Ito
- male bank customer 2 Shuji Otsuki
- male bank customer 3 Setchin Kawaya
- male bank customer 4 Koichiro Hama
- male bank customer 5 Masaru Takahashi
- male bank customer 6 Satogou Ono
- female bank customer 1 Youko Imamoto
- female bank customer 2 Yasuko Negishi
- female bank customer 3 Hayaki Kaneko
- female bank customer 4 Kaori Tomoeda
- female bank customer 5 Ayu Nakagawa
- female bank customer 9 Rieko Motohashi
- female bank customer 6 Maiko Watanabe
- female bank customer 7 Kazue Fujita
- female bank customer 8 Yuki Iida
- grandson visiting temple Ryouta Koyama
Credits
Direction
- Director Takeshi Kitano
- Assistant Director (1st) Hiroshi Shimizu
- Assistant Director Shinsuke Ôno
- Assistant Director Akinori Igarashi
- Assistant Director Nobuya Masuda
- Script Supervisor Hideko Nakada
Production
- Production Company Bandai Visual
- Production Company TV Tokyo
- Production Company Tokyo FM
- Production Company Office Kitano
- Producer Masayuki Mori
- Producer Yasushi Tsuge
- Producer Takio Yoshida
- In Association with Shigeru Watanabe
- In Association with Kouichi Miyagawa
- In Association with Hideto Osawa
- Co-producer Hiroshi Ishikawa
- Co-producer Kazuhiro Furukawa
- Line Producer Yoshito Yamazaki
- Production Manager Shinji Komiya
- Production Co-ordinator Akira Yamamoto
- Production Assistant Toshio Tanaka
- Production Assistant Tomoo Tsuchii
- Production Assistant Masatoshi Hiramatsu
Casting
- Casting Takefumi Yoshikawa
- Casting (Extras) Kuroki Productions
- Casting (Extras) J-CRIP
- Casting (Extras) Himawari Theatre Group
- Casting (Extras) KM Cinema Planning
Writing
- Screenplay Takeshi Kitano
Photography
- Director of Photography Hideo Yamamoto
- Optical Photography Supervisor Keiji Igarashi
- Lighting (Director) Hisashi Takaya
- Lighting (Assistant) Shinichi Matsukuma
- Lighting (Assistant) Atsuko Suzuki
- Lighting (Assistant) Masatoshi Tabegai
- Lighting (Assistant) Kiyoshi Okano
- Lighting (Assistant) Akio Kimura
- Assistant Photographer Masato Kaneko
- Assistant Photographer Tadashi Yamauchi
- Assistant Photographer Makoto Sueyoshi
- Assistant Photographer Shigeru Matsushita
- Key Grip Takashi Yokoyama
- Key Grip Naoki Sasho
Stills
- Stills Photography Kazutoshi Sasada
- Stills Photography Satomi Saito
Editing
- Editor Takeshi Kitano
- Editor Yoshinori Ota
- Assistant Editor Sôichi Ueno
Design
- Art Director Norihiro Isoda
- Assistant Art Director Takayuki Nitta
- Assistant Art Director Yasuyo Kawamura
- Set Decorator Tatsuo Ozeki
- Set Decorator (Assistant) Tetsuji Takita
- Set Decorator (Assistant) Atsuko Koda
- Paintings/Drawings Takeshi Kitano
Costumes
- Costume Supervisor Masami Saito
Make-up
- Hair & Make-up Artist Michiyo Miyauchi
- Special Make-up Artist Tomoo Haraguchi
- Hair & Make-up Assistant Shiho Imai
Titles
- Title Design Yokozo Akamatsu
Music
- Music Joe Hisaishi
- Music Producer Makoto Sasajima
- Music Producer Kazunori Terakawa
- Music Producer Nobumasa Uchida
- Music Producer Kentaro Koyama
- Music Producer Yukio Yamashita
- Music Producer Toru Takigawa
Sound
- Music Recording Shinichi Tanaka
- Soundtrack Available on Polydor Records
- Sound Recording Senji Horiuchi
- Recording Assistant Noriaki Minami
- Recording Assistant Masashi Furuya
- Recording Assistant Masaki Ikeda
- Recordist Akira Nakano
- Sound Timing Taro Kuwayama
- Negative Cutter Yoshiko Tsujii
- Negative Cutter Reiko Kubota
- Negative Cutter Yoko Sato
- Mixing Assistant Takashi Kosaka
- Optical Re-recording Akira Rizawa
- Sound Effects Yukio Hokari
- Sound Effects Masahiko Okase
Consultant
- Gun Adviser Kikuo Notomi
- Transportation Akira Toyama
- Transportation Kiyoshi Moromoto
- Transportation Toshinobu Hirai
- Transportation Kunio Takamoto
- Transportation Kazuki Watanabe
- Script Assistant Noriyasu Sato
Publicity
- Publicity (Producer) Ryo Terumoto
- Publicity (Co-producer) Naoki Takahashi
- Publicity (Co-producer) Tomoyuki Igarashi
- Production Publicist Noritoshi Hamaguchi
- International Affairs Naoyuki Usui