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Fireflies in the North (1984)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 5M

Director : Hideo Gosha

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.

Actors

Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Takeshi Tsukigata
Shima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita
Yu Nakamura
Koichi Sato
Koichi Sato
Yakichi
Ai Saotome
Ai Saotome
Setsu Furuya
Daisuke Ryû
Daisuke Ryû
Nagakura
Kunihiko Mitamura
Kunihiko Mitamura
Masaki
Reiko Nakamura
Reiko Nakamura
Hamagiku
Junko Takazawa
Junko Takazawa
Hanayakko
Shunsuke Kariya
Shunsuke Kariya
Hatsuo Yamaya
Hatsuo Yamaya
Marutoku
Shirô Kimura
Shirô Kimura
Arase
Arase
Masaya Nihei
Masaya Nihei
Tomosaburo Kumagai
Kinzō Sakura
Kinzō Sakura
Hiroshi Miyauchi
Hiroshi Miyauchi
Happou Tsukitei
Happou Tsukitei
Clothing company owner
Kyôichi Satô
Kyôichi Satô
Kai Atō
Kai Atō
Ryuzo
Ryumei Azuma
Ryumei Azuma
益岡徹
益岡徹
Gaiki
Masaharu Arikawa
Masaharu Arikawa
Masataka Naruse
Masataka Naruse
Yoshio Inaba
Yoshio Inaba
Bessho
Yû Hoshino
Yû Hoshino
Kumi Fujishima
Kumi Fujishima
Mineko Maruhira
Mineko Maruhira
Rin Tsunami
Rin Tsunami
Ryuma Watanabe
Ryuma Watanabe
Yoshinari Sumimoto
Yoshinari Sumimoto
Tetsurō Tamba
Tetsurō Tamba
Ishikura
Mariko Takamori
Mariko Takamori
Midori Tsukuba
Midori Tsukuba
Kozue Tanaka
Kozue Tanaka
Toshiko Arisugawa
Toshiko Arisugawa
Yû Ishihara
Yû Ishihara
Katsuko Ôkawa
Katsuko Ôkawa
Tamaki Miyagawa
Tamaki Miyagawa
Toshimichi Takahashi
Toshimichi Takahashi
Satoshi Awabara
Satoshi Awabara
Daigaku Sekine
Daigaku Sekine
Shunji Sasaki
Shunji Sasaki
Seizô Fukumoto
Seizô Fukumoto
Kuniomi Kitani
Kuniomi Kitani
Tankurô
Tankurô
Shun Sugata
Shun Sugata
Yoshimi Tamura
Yoshimi Tamura
Kôichi Yamamoto
Kôichi Yamamoto
Ryûji Tsubaki
Ryûji Tsubaki
Yûsuke Tsukasa
Yûsuke Tsukasa
Takashi Shirai
Takashi Shirai
Rantaro Mine
Rantaro Mine
Shinichi Hori
Shinichi Hori
Toshiyuki Kawabe
Toshiyuki Kawabe
Seiichi Ehara
Seiichi Ehara
Minoru Inatsuki
Minoru Inatsuki
Takashi Takemoto
Takashi Takemoto
Shunichi Nakajima
Shunichi Nakajima
Isao Natsuyagi
Isao Natsuyagi
Kakumu
Asao Koike
Asao Koike
Yuhara
Masako Natsume
Masako Natsume
Narrator (voice)
Mari Natsuki
Mari Natsuki
Suma
Mikio Narita
Mikio Narita
Kido
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Oga

Crews

Hideo Gosha
Hideo Gosha
Director
Kōji Takada
Kōji Takada
Writer
Akira Shimizu
Akira Shimizu
Assistant Director
Fujio Morita
Fujio Morita
Director of Photography
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction
Kenji Yamashita
Kenji Yamashita
Assistant Art Director
Yoshiaki Masuda
Yoshiaki Masuda
Lighting Technician
Teruhiko Arakawa
Teruhiko Arakawa
Sound Mixer
Kiyoshige Hirai
Kiyoshige Hirai
Sound Recordist
Masaru Satō
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Isamu Ichida
Isamu Ichida
Editor

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