The Thousand Year Fire (千年火) 20 years old

Having lost both his mother and father, an 11-year-old city boy is sent to live with his grandparents in a small seaside village. Feeling responsible for his father's accidental death, he becomes increasingly introverted and finds himself unable to make friends with the local kids. Then an eccentric elderly doctor takes him under his wing, and tells him of an ancient ceremony where a sacred flame must be brought back from a remote island by a lone swimmer.

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The Thousand Year Fire Cast

Name	Character
Tetsurō Tamba He was 82, 84 years old when he died
Miho Fujima She was 25, now 45 years old

The Thousand Year Fire Crew

Name	Department