Fireflies in the North (1984)

2h 5m · 1 Sep 1984

Drama

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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.

Movie ID	1210
Genre	Drama
Director	Hideo Gosha
Main cast	Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Mikio Narita, Mari Natsuki, Reiko Nakamura, Junko Takazawa, Tetsuro Tamba, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Release date	1 September 1984
Release year	1984
Language	Japanese
Duration	125 min (2h 5m)
Rating	5.6 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	Toei Company