Fireflies in the North (1984)
2h 5m
Running Time
September 1, 1984Release Date
Fireflies in the North (1984)
2h 5m
Running Time
September 1, 1984Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
Where to Watch.
No streaming offers found
Cast & Crew.

Tatsuya Nakadai
Takeshi Tsukigata

Shima Iwashita
Yu Nakamura

Koichi Sato
Yakichi

Ai Saotome
Setsu Furuya

Daisuke Ryū
Nagakura

Kunihiko Mitamura
Masaki

Reiko Nakamura
Hamagiku

Junko Takazawa
Hanayakko

Shunsuke Kariya

Hatsuo Yamaya
Marutoku

Shirô Kimura

Masaya Nihei
Tomosaburo Kumagai

Takeshi Endô
Producer

Kazuyuki Satô
Producer

Happou Tsukitei
Clothing company owner

Kai Ato
Ryuzo

Toru Masuoka
Gaiki

Masao Satô
ProductionDesigner

Yoshio Inaba
Bessho

Tetsuro Tamba
Ishikura

Isao Natsuyagi
Kakumu

Asao Koike
Yuhara

Masako Natsume
Narrator (voice)

Mari Natsuki
Suma

Mikio Narita
Kido

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Oga

Hideo Gosha
Director

Akira Shimizu
Assistant Director

Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction

Teruhiko Arakawa
Sound Mixer

Isamu Ichida
Editor

Kenji Yamashita
Assistant Art Director

Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer

Fujio Morita
Director of Photography

Kiyoshige Hirai
Sound Recordist

Yoshiaki Masuda
Lighting Technician

Kōji Takada
Screenplay

Rin Tsunami

Shun Sugata

Tankurô

Shunji Sasaki

Yû Ishihara

Mineko Maruhira

Yû Hoshino

Yoshimi Tamura

Kôichi Yamamoto

Kumi Fujishima

Masaharu Arikawa

Seizō Fukumoto

Kuniomi Kitani

Takashi Takemoto

Shunichi Nakajima

Kissei Kumamoto

Shinichi Hori

Rantaro Mine

Satoshi Awabara

Daigaku Sekine

Jiro Shirai

Yûsuke Tsukasa

Ryûji Tsubaki

Midori Tsukuba

Mariko Takamori

Masataka Naruse

Katsuko Ōkawa

Toshiyuki Kawabe

Seiichi Ehara

Ryuma Watanabe

Arase

Ryumei Azuma

Kyōichi Satō

Hiroshi Miyauchi

Kinzō Sakura
Media.


Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 1984
Original Name北の螢
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
Fireflies in the North (Japanese: 北の螢, Hepburn: Kita no hotaru) is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. The lead star is Tatsuya Nakadai.
You May Also Like.
Look at the other titles that might be interesting for you

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Movie
6.82

Tenet (2020)
Movie
7.11

Bad Boys for Life (2020)
Movie
6.18

The Final Destination (2009)
Movie
6.13

Nude (2017)
Movie

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)
Movie
5.67

Boston Strangler (2023)
Movie
4

Cube Zero (2004)
Movie
4.5

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)
Movie
6.42

Angelique and the King (1966)
Movie
5.75

Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
Movie

Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
Movie
1

Lesson Plan (2022)
Movie
1

Gabriel's Rapture: Part II (2022)
Movie

1 (2009)
Movie

The Forbidden Legend: Sex & Chopsticks 2 (2009)
Movie
5.5

Angelique: The Road To Versailles (1965)
Movie
5.33

Panda (2014)
Movie

The Widower (1959)
Movie

Bat (2018)
Movie