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Hana-bi

1997

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Tetsu Watanabe, Ren Osugi ...

7.3

12,206

Drama Nishi is a cop whose wife is slowly dying of Leukemia. One of his partners gets shot on the job and is confined to a wheel chair for the rest of his life and becomes suicidal. Nishi, feeling guilt over his partners accident, tries to help him in any way he can. At the same time, Nishi leaves the police force to spend more time with his dying wife. However, in order to do the right things for those he loves, Nishi must do wrong things. ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney Variety	"One of the most idiosyncratic exponents of new Japanese cinema (...) Pure poetry."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[A] movie so drained of story, cliche, convention and plot that nothing is left, except pure form and impulse. Not a frame, not a word, is excess (...) [A] viewing experience (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Takeshi displays a fine lyrical sense (...) An intriguing and curiously engaging movie (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jaime N. Christley Slant	"Kitano uses his own face as a blank slate with which to sketch a complicated human being (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Meticulously handsome, imaginatively edited 'Hana-Bi,', which shows off both [Kitano's] fierce and gentle talents"	POS
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"Kitano’s deadpan humor peek through this rich and visually beautiful work that, for all its stylized violence, manages to convey stillness, sweetness, and affecting emotional depth."	POS

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