Hana-Bi 07/22 Blu-ray (Rental)

Former police officer Nishi feels responsible for the shattered lives of his loved ones. His partner Horibe has been crippled in a disastrous stakeout, a colleague is shot dead by the same villain, and his own wife has a terminal illness. In debt to a yakuza loanshark, Nishi conceives a bank robbery to provide for his partner, help the dead cop's widow, and take one last holiday throughout Japan with his wife and share a final taste of happiness. A highly original crime drama written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano. Review OFFICIAL SELECTION - Venice Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Toronto Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - New York Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Pusan Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tokyo Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Fantasporto Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Singapore Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Helsinki Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Locarno Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Moscow Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tallinn International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Camerimage Film Festival --- ...meticulously handsome, imaginatively edited...Hana-Bi shows off both [Kitano's] fierce and gentle talents. --Janet Maslin, The New York Times Hana-Bi announces not only a new kind of 'cop movie' but a template for a new kind of Kitano film. - Jaime N. Christley, Slant Magazine (4 out of 4 Stars) Glimmers of 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. --Entertainment Weekly