Movie · 1997
Fireworks
“Work is all I've ever known.”
Released 30 October 1997 103 min Crime / Drama More from 1997 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Takeshi Kitano
as Yoshitaka Nishi
Tetsu Watanabe
as Junkyard Owner
Ren Osugi
as Horibe
Hakuryu
as Yakuza Hitman
Kenichi Yajima
as Doctor
Tsumami Edamame
as Businessman Throwing Rocks
Makoto Ashikawa
as Tanaka
Kayoko Kishimoto
as Nishi's Wife
Yûrei Yanagi
as Chef #1
Yoshiyuki Morishita
as Yakuza Henchman #2
Susumu Terajima
as Nakamura
Kanji Tsuda
as Man under Interrogation
Sujitarô Tamabukuro
as Chef #2
Yasuei Yakushiji
as Criminal
Yuko Daike
as Tanaka's Widow
Tarô Itsumi
as Kudo
Miki Fujitani
as Florist Clerk
Atsushi Ito
as Male Bank Clerk #6 (uncredited)
Motoharu Tamura
as Chief Detective
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The numbers
37years between the oldest and youngest billed
50Takeshi Kitano — oldest on the call sheet
13Atsushi Ito — youngest billed
34average age of the credited cast