Thursday, November 17 02:45pm/ 07:15pm
METROGRAPH
No.7 Ludlow St., New York NY 10002
DIRECTOR: TAKESHI KITANO
CAST: TAKESHI KITANO, KAYOKO KISHIMOTO, REN OHSUGI
The two sides of Kitano’s directorial personality, the warm, tender, observant dramatist and the master of controlled chaos, merge effortlessly in this, perhaps his best-loved film. Retired detective Nishi (Kitano) turns to duplicitous means to look after his dying wife (Kayoko Kishimoto) and his wheelchair-bound ex-partner (Ren Osugi), but when the yakuza come to collect on a debt, well, he has to take care of them, too. The title means “Fireworks,” and they’re glorious.
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