The Firefly

May 1, 2001

1h 54m

★ 7.0

Overview

Shūji Yamaoka 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.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Yamaoka Shuji

Ken Takakura

Tomoko Yamaoka

Yuko Tanaka

Takemoto

Isao Natsuyagi

Tetsuo

Ryuji Harada

Hotaru

Takami Mizuhashi

Ayako Kobayashi

Kiichi Nakai

Hisashi Igawa

Tomoko Naraoka

Nenji Kobayashi

Renji Ishibashi

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

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