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The Firefly
2001, May 01
1h 54m
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.
Directed by
Yasuo Furuhata
Written by
Yo Takeyama, Yasuo Furuhata
Nenji Kobayashi
Hisashi Igawa
Yûko Fueki
Young Tomoko Yamaoka
Isao Natsuyagi
Takemoto
Yuko Tanaka
Tomoko Yamaoka
Tomoko Naraoka
Ken Takakura
Yamaoka Shuji
Renji Ishibashi
Kiichi Nakai
Ayako Kobayashi
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Ryuji Harada
Tetsuo
Shigeo Kobayashi
Takami Mizuhashi
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