Who’d have expected a Japanese TV host and comedian to turn to such poignant filmmaking? Winner of the Golden Lion, Fireworks has proven to be one of Takeshi Kitano’s best films: a masterpiece of sublime simplicity and staccato force, combating unsparing violence with bare sentimentality.
Japanese auteur Takeshi Kitano pays homage to both The Wizard of Oz and Chaplin’s The Kid in this hypnotic, heart-warming drama. Kitano clashes the tough guy yakuza image of his titular character with the bittersweet, yearning naiveté of childhood. Joe Hisaishi’s score is, as ever, extraordinary!
O que acontece quando um yakuza japonês vai para Los Angeles? Aliás, o que acontece quando o fenômeno japonês Takeshi Kitano (Zatôichi, Battle Royale) escreve, dirige e protagoniza um filme de gângster americano? O resultado é Kitano puro: violência alarmante, humor impassível e emoção inesperada.
In this mighty finale to his Outrage series, Takeshi Kitano explores the decay and decline of the modern yakuza. The turbulent struggle across and within neighboring clans delivers darkly comic thrills, while beneath the surface of this gang war lies an indelible meditation on old age.