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.
Media
Hana-Bi - Trailer - (1997) - HQ
New UK Trailer
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Yoshitaka Nishi
Kayoko Kishimoto
Nishi's Wife
Ren Osugi
Horibe
Susumu Terajima
Nakamura
Tetsu Watanabe
Junkyard Owner
Hakuryu
Yakuza Hitman
Yasuei Yakushiji
Criminal
Tarô Itsumi
Kudo
Kenichi Yajima
Doctor
Makoto Ashikawa
Tanaka
Yuko Daike
Tanaka's Widow
Tsumami Edamame
Businessman Throwing Rocks
Yûrei Yanagi
Chef #1
Sujitarô Tamabukuro
Chef #2
Motoharu Tamura
Chief Detective
Hitoshi Nishizawa
Yakuza Head
Hiromi Kikai
Yakuza Henchman #1
Shoko Kitano
Young Girl Flying a Kite
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Yakuza Henchman #2
Junichiro Asano
Yakuza Henchman #3
Kazuhiro Osada
Yakuza Henchman #4
Manzo Shinra
Man Shot in the Face
Tetsu Sakuma
Yakuza Henchman #5
Riba Matsumi
Maid at the Inn
Miki Fujitani
Florist Clerk
Keiko Yamamoto
Nurse A
Kiyoko Kitazawa
Nurse B
Ai Kishina
Girl in the Junkyard
Banri Nakamura
Kiosk Salesclerk
Masahiro Naya
Detective at Stakeout #1
Takayuki Konishi
Detective at Stakeout #2
Yûzô Yada
Temple Priest
Kanji Tsuda
Man under Interrogation
Yôichi Nagai
Cop Driving an Unmarked Car
Kôsuke Ôta
Bartender
Muhômatsu
Construction Worker
Omiya no Matsu
Restaurant Client
Shiyô Kosuga
Brat #1
Gambino Kobayashi
Brat #2
Al Kitago
Man Selling Taxi
Yûji Aikawa
Woman Walking in Mall (uncredited)
Hiroshi Umeda
Male Bank Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Kenji Yamagami
Male Bank Clerk #2 (uncredited)
Tomoya Naitô
Male Bank Clerk #3 (uncredited)
Katsuya Takamatsu
Male Bank Clerk #4 (uncredited)
Yasufumi Sakamaki
Male Bank Clerk #5 (uncredited)
Atsushi Ito
Male Bank Clerk #6 (uncredited)
Mitsuyo Ishigaki
Female Bank Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Ayako Masuya
Female Bank Clerk #2 (uncredited)
Sumiko Takai
Female Bank Clerk #3 (uncredited)
Mariko Chiba
Female Bank Clerk #4 (uncredited)
Miho Kitahara
Female Bank Clerk #5 (uncredited)
Yoshiko Andô
Female Bank Clerk #6 (uncredited)
Kaoru Sugiyama
Female Bank Clerk #7 (uncredited)
Kikuo Itô
Male Bank Customer #1 (uncredited)
Shûji Ôtsuki
Male Bank Customer #2 (uncredited)
Hidetoshi Kawaya
Male Bank Customer #3 (uncredited)
Koichiro Hama
Male Bank Customer #4 (uncredited)
Masaru Takahashi
Male Bank Customer #5 (uncredited)
Ritsuyo Ono
Male Bank Customer #6 (uncredited)
Yôko Imamoto
Female Bank Customer #1 (uncredited)
Kiyoko Negishi
Female Bank Customer #2 (uncredited)
Saki Kaneko
Female Bank Customer #3 (uncredited)
Kaoru Tomoe
Female Bank Customer #4 (uncredited)
Ayu Nakagawa
Female Bank Customer #5 (uncredited)
Maiko Watanabe
Female Bank Customer #6 (uncredited)
Kazue Fujita
Female Bank Customer #7 (uncredited)
Yuki Iida
Female Bank Customer #8 (uncredited)
Rieko Motohashi
Female Bank Customer #9 (uncredited)
Ryôta Koyama
Grandson Visiting Temple (uncredited)
Takao Toji
Man with Grandson (uncredited)
Matsumi Fuku
Landlady (uncredited)
Tokio Seki
田舎の親父
