Fireflies in the North (北の螢) 40 years old

Fireflies in the North

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.

Credits

Fireflies in the North Cast

Name Character
Mari Natsuki She was 32, now 72 years old as Suma
Tatsuya Nakadai He was 51, now 92 years old as Takeshi Tsukigata
Toshimichi Takahashi He was 33, now 73 years old
Masako Natsume She was 26, 27 years old when she died as Narrator
Shima Iwashita She was 43, now 83 years old as Yu Nakamura
Koichi Sato He was 2, now 38 years old as Yakichi
Masataka Naruse He was 34, now 74 years old
Shunji Sasaki He was 43, now 83 years old
Tôru Masuoka He was 28, now 68 years old as Gaiki
Hatsuo Yamaya He was 50, 85 years old when he died as Marutoku
Daisuke Ryu He was 27, now 67 years old as Nagakura
Yoshio Inaba He was 64, 77 years old when he died as Bessho
Kai Atō He was 38, now 78 years old as Ryuzo
Shun Sugata He was 29, now 69 years old
Reiko Nakamura She was 2, now 42 years old as Hamagiku
Kyôichi Satô He was 47, now 87 years old
Isao Natsuyagi He was 44, 73 years old when he died as Kakumu
Tetsurō Tamba He was 62, 84 years old when he died as Ishikura
Ai Saotome She was 25, 51 years old when she died as Setsu Furuya
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi He was 52, now 92 years old as Oga
Asao Koike He was 53, 54 years old when he died as Yuhara
Seizō Fukumoto He was 41, now 81 years old
Kunihiko Mitamura He was 30, now 71 years old as Masaki
Shunsuke Kariya He was 37, now 78 years old
Hiroshi Miyauchi He was 39, now 79 years old
Mikio Narita He was 49, 55 years old when he died as Kido
Daigaku Sekine He was 27, now 67 years old

Fireflies in the North Crew

Name Department
Masaru Sato as Music. He was 56 (71) years old when He died Sound
Hideo Gosha as Director. He was 55 (63) years old when He died Directing
Kōji Takada as Writer. He was 50 (now 90) years old Writing
Fujio Morita as Cinematography. He was 56 (86) years old when He died Crew
Fireflies in the North poster
Fireflies in the North (40 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, September 01, 1984
  • Runtime: 125 minutes