River of Fireflies

1h 55m
Drama
0

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.

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Unknown
Yukiyo Toake
Unknown
Tamae Sawada
Unknown
Takayuki Sakazume
Takio Mizushima
Takuzō Kawatani
Unknown
Ken Teraizumi
Unknown
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Unknown
Taiji Tonoyama
Unknown
Hideji Ōtaki
Unknown
Tomoko Naraoka
Unknown

Crew

Eizō Sugawa
Director, Screenplay
Kyōhei Nakaoka
Screenplay
Jun Nabeshima
Editor
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Matsuo Takahashi
Executive Producer
Hiroaki Kato
Executive Producer
Kiyoshi Fujimoto
Producer
Fujio Satou
Sound Recordist
Tadaaki Shimada
Lighting Technician
Masatsugu Shinozaki
Original Music Composer
Teru Miyamoto
Original Story
Iwao Akune
Art Direction

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