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Fireflies in the North

1984★ 5.6 · 72h 5mDrama

Overview

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.

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Trailer · Kita no Hotaru 北の螢 (1984) ORIGINAL TRAILER

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岩下志麻
as Yu Nakamura

佐藤浩市
as Yakichi

田中こずえ

夏木マリ
as Suma

丹波哲郎
as Ishikura

仲代達矢
as Takeshi Tsukigata

夏目雅子
as Narrator (voice)

夏八木勲
as Kakumu

稲葉義男
as Bessho

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Release date: 1984-09-01

Runtime: 2h 5m

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Drama

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