The Firefly (2001)
1h 54m
Running Time
May 1, 2001Release Date
Plot.
Japanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look at war and remembrance. Hideji Yamaoka (Takakura) 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.
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Cast & Crew.
Ken Takakura
Yamaoka Shûji
Yûko Tanaka
Yamaoka Tomoko
Isao Natsuyagi
Takemoto
Takami Mizuhashi
Hotaru
Ryuji Harada
Tetsuo
Yasuo Furuhata
Director
Yo Takeyama
Writer
Naoyuki Sakagami
Producer
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The Firefly Path () is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata.The work commemorates the 50th anniversary of Tōei's founding and was nominated in thirteen categories at the 25th Japan Academy Awards.