The Firefly

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ken Takakura
高倉健

Yamaoka Shuji

Yuko Tanaka
田中裕子

Tomoko Yamaoka

Isao Natsuyagi
夏八木勲

Takemoto

Ryuji Harada
原田龍二

Tetsuo

Takami Mizuhashi
Takami Mizuhashi

Hotaru

Ayako Kobayashi
小林綾子

Kiichi Nakai
中井貴一

Hisashi Igawa
井川比佐志

Tomoko Naraoka
奈良岡朋子

Nenji Kobayashi
小林稔侍

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    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

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    日本語

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