Site Revisions Underway Some Features May Not Work
Poster for River of Fireflies

River of Fireflies (1987)

★ 9.0/10 115 min Drama Japan Japanese
Director: Eizō Sugawa
Screenplay by: Eizō Sugawa, Kyōhei Nakaoka
Original Story: Teru Miyamoto
Streaming: Not available
The boy sees the fate of men. The girl knows how women's lives are.

Description

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.

Top Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni
Yukiyo Toake
Yukiyo Toake
Tamae Sawada
Takayuki Sakazume
Takayuki Sakazume Takio Mizushima
Takuzō Kawatani
Takuzō Kawatani
Ken Teraizumi
Ken Teraizumi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama

Powered by

TMDB
× Movie poster
Back to Film Diary Index