Drama
Fireflies in the North
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.
Directed by Hideo Gosha
56
User score
7 votes
Status
Released
Released
September 1, 1984
Runtime
2h 5m
Language
Japanese
Top cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Takeshi Tsukigata
Shima Iwashita
Yu Nakamura
Koichi Sato
Yakichi
Ai Saotome
Setsu Furuya
Daisuke Ryū
Nagakura
Kunihiko Mitamura
Masaki
Reiko Nakamura
Hamagiku
Junko Takazawa
Hanayakko
Shunsuke Kariya
Hatsuo Yamaya
Marutoku
Shirô Kimura
Arase
Masaya Nihei
Tomosaburo Kumagai
Kinzō Sakura
Hiroshi Miyauchi
Happou Tsukitei
Clothing company owner
Kyōichi Satō
Kai Ato
Ryuzo
Ryumei Azuma
Toru Masuoka
Gaiki
