Fireflies in the North
北の螢
Release: 1984-09-01
·Runtime: 125m
·★ 5.3
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toei Company
Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Takeshi Tsukigata
Shima Iwashita
as Yu Nakamura
Koichi Sato
as Yakichi
Ai Saotome
as Setsu Furuya
Daisuke Ryū
as Nagakura
Kunihiko Mitamura
as Masaki
Reiko Nakamura
as Hamagiku
Junko Takazawa
as Hanayakko
Shunsuke Kariya
Hatsuo Yamaya
as Marutoku
Masaya Nihei
as Tomosaburo Kumagai
Kinzō Sakura
Hiroshi Miyauchi
Kyōichi Satō
Kai Ato
as Ryuzo
Toru Masuoka
as Gaiki
Masaharu Arikawa
Masataka Naruse
Yoshio Inaba
as Bessho
Tetsuro Tamba
as Ishikura
Kozue Tanaka
Katsuko Ōkawa
Toshimichi Takahashi
Daigaku Sekine
Shunji Sasaki
Seizō Fukumoto
Kuniomi Kitani
Shun Sugata
Kôichi Yamamoto
Jiro Shirai
Rantaro Mine
Isao Natsuyagi
as Kakumu
Asao Koike
as Yuhara
Masako Natsume
as Narrator (voice)
Mari Natsuki
as Suma
Mikio Narita
as Kido
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
as Oga
