Kitano

Best compilation of music scores by Joe Hisaishi used in Kitano films. Contains theme songs from 6 films between "Ano natsu ichiban shizukana Umi (A Scene at the Sea)" in 1991 and "Brother" in 2000.

Kikujiro (Kikujirō no Natsu (菊次郎の夏, literally "Kikujirō's Summer")) is a 1999 Japanese film starring, written, and directed by Takeshi Kitano. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Kikujiro tells the story of a young boy searching for his mother during his summer vacation. The film is mostly divided into smaller chapters, listed as entries in the boy's summer vacation diary. Kitano's inspiration for the character (not the film) was his own father, Kikujiro Kitano, a gambler who struggled to feed his family and pay the rent.

Cet album réunit des partitions parmi les plus caractéristiques de Joe hISAIShI pour hayao MIYAZAKI, le maître du dessin animé japonais et pour Takeshi KITANO, le réalisateur- auteur mythique du cinéma japonais moderne.

Sonatine is a 1993 Japanese film by Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. It won numerous awards and became one of Kitano's most successful and praised films, garnering him a sizable international fan base. The film has been selected to be part of The A.V. Club's New Cult Canon. Kitano plays Murakawa, a Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life. Along with a few of his henchmen, he is sent by his boss to Okinawa to help end a gang war, supposedly to mediate between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, Murakawa's headquarters are bombed and he and his gang are ambushed in a bar. The score is composed by famous Japanese composer, Joe Hisaishi, a long time collaborator of Kitano with whom he worked on Fireworks, Kids Return, Dolls, A Scene At The Sea.

Hana-bi (はなび HANA-BI), released in the US as "Fireworks", is a 1997 Japanese film written, directed and edited by, and starring Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. The film's score was composed by renowned Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi. This was their fourth collaboration.

La guerra tra i Sanno e gli Hanabishi, due clan della yakuza, si è conclusa con la vittoria dei secondi. Subito dopo l'ultimo scontro, Otomo attraversa il confine con la Corea del Sud, sotto la protezione segreta del presidente Chang. Anni dopo, uno scagnozzo degli Hanabishi di nome Hanada si reca in viaggio in Corea dove uccide uno dei piccoli criminali legati a Chang creando in tal modo nuovi rancori proprio mentre all'interno del suo clan è in corsa una lotta intestina…

Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro hardly seems the ideal companion for little Masao who is determined to travel long distances to see the mother he has never met.