Japan,
1997, 103 min
Directed by:
Takeshi KitanoScreenplay:
Takeshi KitanoCinematography:
山本英夫Composer:
Joe HisaishiCast:
Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ōsugi, Susumu Terajima, Yūko Daike, Makoto Ashikawa, Tetsu Watanabe, Anatoliy Rudenko, Kanji Tsuda, Kenichi Yajima (more)Plots(1)
Former Police officer Nishi feels responsible for the shattered lives of his loved ones. His partner Horibe 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… A highly original crime drama written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano. (Third Window Films)
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