Fireflies in the North (1984)
- Released
- Runtime 2h 5m
- Director Hideo Gosha
- Genres Drama
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Tatsuya Nakadai
as Takeshi Tsukigata
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Shima Iwashita
as Yu Nakamura
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Koichi Sato
as Yakichi
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Ai Saotome
as Setsu Furuya
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Daisuke Ryū
as Nagakura
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Kunihiko Mitamura
as Masaki
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Reiko Nakamura
as Hamagiku
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Junko Takazawa
as Hanayakko
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Shunsuke Kariya
-
Hatsuo Yamaya
as Marutoku
- Shirô Kimura
- Arase
-
Masaya Nihei
as Tomosaburo Kumagai
-
Kinzō Sakura
-
Hiroshi Miyauchi
- Happou Tsukitei as Clothing company owner
-
Kyōichi Satō
-
Kai Ato
as Ryuzo
Crew
-
Hideo Gosha
Director
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Fujio Morita
Director of Photography
- Isamu Ichida Editor
-
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
-
Kōji Takada
Screenplay
