Natsumi's Firefly

1h 48m
Drama
6.1

Natsumi wants to become a photographer. She takes a bike which her late father left behind and goes to a forest to find a firefly she saw with her father. In the forest, Natsumi meets old mother Yasu and old son Jizo. They run a general store. Natsumi learns how to live in nature from them. She has happy summer days there. One day, Jizo tells her that he became estranged from his son in the past.

Cast

Kasumi Arimura
Natsumi Kawai
Asuka Kudo
Shingo
Ken Mitsuishi
Keizo Fukui
Nijiro Murakami
Kimihide
Kaoru Kobayashi
Sakakiyama

Crew

Ryuichi Hiroki
Director
Akio Morisawa
Writer
Shôen Kataoka
Screenplay
Sho Kataoka
Screenplay
Takehiko Minato
Screenplay
Jun'ichi Kikuchi
Editor
Yasushi Hanamura
Director of Photography
Yoichi Nakzato
Assistant Director
Yuichi Shibahara
Producer
Kiyotaka Tanaka
Producer
Yasushi Utagawa
Co-Producer
Yasushi Minatoya
Line Producer
Tomoyuki Maruo
Production Design
Yasuko Anjo
Casting
Sayaka Takahashi
Costumer
Michiko Nagae
Makeup & Hair
Shoko Sato
Sound Effects
Akira Fukada
Sound Recordist, Sound
Hajime Matsumoto
Visual Effects
Eiko Ishibashi
Original Music Composer
Toshihiro Sugita
Music Producer
Tomoko Oshida
Script Supervisor
Akiko Murayama
Production Manager
Uru
Theme Song Performance

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