Fireflies in the North(1984)
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: Fireflies in the North
Top 10 Billed Cast
Takeshi Tsukigata
Yu Nakamura
Yakichi
Setsu Furuya
Nagakura
Masaki
Hamagiku
Hanayakko
Marutoku
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