Fireflies in the North

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Fireflies in the North (1984)

Directed by Hideo Gosha

Drama · 2h 05m

Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.

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Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai Takeshi Tsukigata Shima Iwashita Yu Nakamura Mikio Narita Kido Mari Natsuki Suma Reiko Nakamura Hamagiku Junko Takazawa Hanayakko Tetsuro Tamba Ishikura Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Oga Isao Natsuyagi Kakumu Asao Koike Yuhara
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Yû Hoshino Roku Kozue Tanaka Kinu

Crew

Director
Hideo Gosha
Screenplay
Kōji Takada
Director of Photography
Fujio Morita
Original Music Composer
Masaru Satō
Editor
Isamu Ichida
Producer
Masayuki Satō

Details

Original title
北の螢
Release date
1984-09-01
Runtime
2h 05m
Genres
Drama
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Toei Company, Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company