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    River of Fireflies

    115'

    1987-02-21

    9

    The boy sees the fate of men. The girl knows how women's lives are.

    Drama

    Overview:

    During the winter in Toyama in 1962, Tatsuo Mizushima is fretting about his feelings for his classmate Eiko Tsujisawa while agonizing about his upcoming high school examinations. When he was little, he and Eiko had heard that in April of a year when the winter has been very harsh, any couple finding fireflies together needs to get married. However, his family's situation does not allow Tatsuo to continue his worrying about such things for very much longer.

    DirectingEizō SugawaWritingTeru Miyamoto

    Cast

    2

    Rentaro Mikuni

    1

    Yukiyo Toake

    1

    Tamae Sawada

    1

    Takio Mizushima

    Takayuki Sakazume

    1

    Takuzō Kawatani

    1

    Ken Teraizumi

    1

    Chōichirō Kawarasaki

    1

    Taiji Tonoyama

    1

    Hideji Ōtaki

    1

    Tomoko Naraoka

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Nichiei
      2. Kinema Tokyo
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.6279
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:螢川

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