Hana-bi

Hana-bi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Takeshi Kitano
Written by	Takeshi Kitano
Produced by	Masayuki Mori Yasushi Tsuge Takio Yoshida
Starring	Beat Takeshi Kayoko Kishimoto Ren Osugi Susumu Terajima
Cinematography	Hideo Yamamoto
Edited by	Takeshi Kitano Yoshinori Ota
Music by	Joe Hisaishi
Production companies	Bandai Visual Office Kitano Tokyo FM TV Tokyo
Distributed by	Nippon Herald Films
Release dates	September 3, 1997 (1997-09-03) (Venice Film Festival) January 24, 1998 (1998-01-24) (Japan)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	$2.3 million[1]

Hana-bi (lit. 'Fireworks'), released in the USA as Fireworks, is a 1997 Japanese crime drama film written, directed and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in it. The film's score was composed by Joe Hisaishi in his fourth collaboration with Kitano.

Hana-bi received critical acclaim and won the Golden Lion at the 54th Venice International Film Festival, helping to establish Kitano as an internationally acclaimed filmmaker; the film has developed a cult following.