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The Firefly(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-05-01
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Time: 1h 54m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Movie: The Firefly
Top 10 Billed Cast
高倉健
Yamaoka Shuji
田中裕子
Tomoko Yamaoka
夏八木勲
Takemoto
原田龍二
Tetsuo
Takami Mizuhashi
Hotaru
小林綾子
中井貴一
井川比佐志
奈良岡朋子
小林稔侍
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Overview
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.
Release Date
2001-05-01
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