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The Firefly (2001)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 54M

Director : Yasuo Furuhata

Synopsis

Japanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look at war and remembrance. Hideji Yamaoka (Takakura) was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender. After decades of working as a fisherman in Kumamoto, a provincial seaside city in southern Kyushu, Yamaoka remains reluctant to discuss his wartime experiences with anyone, much less an intrusive reporter looking for a feature story. Then a series of events shake Yamaoka to the core, forcing him to re-evaluate his past.

Actors

Ken Takakura
Ken Takakura
Yamaoka Shuji
Yūko Tanaka
Yūko Tanaka
Tomoko Yamaoka
Isao Natsuyagi
Isao Natsuyagi
Takemoto
Ryûji Harada
Ryûji Harada
Tetsuo
Takami Mizuhashi
Takami Mizuhashi
Hotaru
Ayako Kobayashi
Ayako Kobayashi
Kiichi Nakai
Kiichi Nakai
Hisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa
Tomoko Naraoka
Tomoko Naraoka
Nenji Kobayashi
Nenji Kobayashi
Renji Ishibashi
Renji Ishibashi
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Yûko Fueki
Yûko Fueki
Young Tomoko Yamaoka
Shigeo Kobayashi
Shigeo Kobayashi

Crews

Yasuo Furuhata
Yasuo Furuhata
Director
Yo Takeyama
Yo Takeyama
Writer
Yasuo Furuhata
Yasuo Furuhata
Writer

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