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River of Fireflies

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River of Fireflies

The boy sees the fate of men. The girl knows how women's lives are.

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1h 55m

1987

“The boy sees the fate of men. The girl knows how women's lives are.”

Synopsis

During the winter in Toyama in 1962, Tatsuo Mizushima is fretting about his feelings for his classmate Eiko Tsujisawa while agonizing about his upcoming high school examinations. When he was little, he and Eiko had heard that in April of a year when the winter has been very harsh, any couple finding fireflies together needs to get married. However, his family's situation does not allow Tatsuo to continue his worrying about such things for very much longer.

Director

Eizō Sugawa

Drama

Cast & Crew

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Yukiyo Toake

Yukiyo Toake

Tamae Sawada

Takayuki Sakazume

Takayuki Sakazume

as Takio Mizushima

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

Ken Teraizumi

Ken Teraizumi

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki

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