The original title of the film is "HANA-BI", and HANA is a Japanese flower. BI is fire. This film uses beautiful and eye-catching flowers and burning fire to symbolize love and violence, to embody the theme of life and death. In English, there is also the meaning of shooting when together, which has the meaning of death.
In Kitano Takeshi's movies, there are many bloody scenes of beating, kicking, and killing, and these violence often happen suddenly and indifferently, which is chilling. The protagonist of "Hana-bi" is a policeman fighting against prisoners, underworld organizations, and violent gangs. Of course, there are scenes of violence in the film. However, this kind of violence is violence that erupts when the people or things you love are endangered, so that the audience can accept it. This is very different from those films that simply promote violence. It can be said that this is a film bred from the indignation aroused by those who are indifferent to the pain of others.
The director, screenwriter, and lead actor Kitano Takeshi inserted his own paintings in several places in the film, successfully creating a peaceful world full of love. This is an attempt by a director with outstanding drawing ability. These paintings seem to be placed there casually, but they have endless meaning. When the wife who was about to die for the rest of her life took photos in the hotel during her last trip, the cherry blossom pictures on the wall behind her filled the screen. The audience couldn't help but admire the beauty. In front of this beautiful scenery is the wife's weak and weak, quietly smiling face. This contrasts with the blooming and vibrant world of the cherry blossoms, which strongly shakes the hearts of the audience. Then the two watched the fireworks blooming in the air, the fireworks turned into a painting, and the figure of Horibe painting the painting appeared on the screen. The director skillfully applied the painting to the transition of the movie screen.
Another feature of the movie is to show the beauty of nature. Horibe in a wheelchair looks up at the cherry blossoms, the snow world of the northern country visited by Nishi and his wife, the white sand beaches and the blue sea unfolding in the final scene, all of Japan's natural beauty is captured in the film.
At the end of the film, there is a scene like this. A little girl is flying a kite on the beach. The little girl ran, but Xi did not let go. The wings of the kite remained in Asi's hands, and the kite was torn apart. Xi stared at the spinning kite blankly. The crazy spinning kite is like Xi's life, which is heartbreaking
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