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The Firefly

05/01/2001

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1hr 54min

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Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ken Takakura
  • Yuko Tanaka
  • Isao Natsuyagi
  • Ryuji Harada
  • Takami Mizuhashi

    Director

  • Yasuo Furuhata

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Ken Takakura

Yamaoka Shuji

Yuko Tanaka

Tomoko Yamaoka

Isao Natsuyagi

Takemoto

Ryuji Harada

Tetsuo

Takami Mizuhashi

Hotaru

Ayako Kobayashi

Kiichi Nakai

Hisashi Igawa

Tomoko Naraoka

Nenji Kobayashi

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