River of Fireflies (1987)
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.
Director:
Eizō Sugawa
Writers:
Eizō Sugawa, Kyōhei Nakaoka.
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Rentaro Mikuni as |
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Yukiyo Toake as |
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Tamae Sawada as |
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Takayuki Sakazume as Takio Mizushima |
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Takuzō Kawatani as |
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Ken Teraizumi as |
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Chōichirō Kawarasaki as |
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Taiji Tonoyama as |
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Hideji Ōtaki as |
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Tomoko Naraoka as |
| Directing | Eizō Sugawa | Director |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Tadaaki Shimada | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Eizō Sugawa | Screenplay |
| Editing | Jun Nabeshima | Editor |
| Writing | Teru Miyamoto | Original Story |
| Production | Kiyoshi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Writing | Kyōhei Nakaoka | Screenplay |
| Art | Iwao Akune | Art Direction |
| Production | Hiroaki Kato | Executive Producer |
| Production | Matsuo Takahashi | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Masatsugu Shinozaki | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Fujio Satou | Sound Recordist |