Fireflies in the North (1984)

5.6/10 125 min Drama

Overview

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

Tatsuya Nakadai

Takeshi Tsukigata

Shima Iwashita

Yu Nakamura

Koichi Sato

Yakichi

Ai Saotome

Setsu Furuya

Daisuke Ryū

Nagakura

Kunihiko Mitamura

Masaki

Reiko Nakamura

Hamagiku

Junko Takazawa

Hanayakko

Shunsuke Kariya

Hatsuo Yamaya

Marutoku

Masaya Nihei

Tomosaburo Kumagai

Kinzō Sakura

Hiroshi Miyauchi

Kyōichi Satō

Kai Ato

Ryuzo

Toru Masuoka

Gaiki

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