Fireworks(1997)
Work is all I've ever known.
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.
Movie: Fireworks
Top 10 Billed Cast
Yoshitaka Nishi
Nishi's Wife
Horibe
Nakamura
Junkyard Owner
Kudo
Doctor
Tanaka
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