River of Fireflies (螢川) 37 years old

The boy sees the fate of men. The girl knows how women's lives are.

River of Fireflies

During the winter in Toyama in 1962, Tatsuo Mizushima is fretting about his feelings for his classmate Eiko Tsujisawa while agonizing about his upcoming high school examinations. When he was little, he and Eiko had heard that in April of a year when the winter has been very harsh, any couple finding fireflies together needs to get married. However, his family's situation does not allow Tatsuo to continue his worrying about such things for very much longer.

Credits

River of Fireflies Cast

Name Character
Taiji Tonoyama He was 71, 73 years old when he died
Rentarō Mikuni He was 64, 90 years old when he died
Tomoko Naraoka She was 57, now 94 years old
Hideji Ōtaki He was 61, 87 years old when he died
Takuzo Kawatani He was 45, 54 years old when he died
Yukiyo Toake She was 44, now 81 years old

River of Fireflies Crew

Name Department
Shinsaku Himeda as Director of Photography. He was 70 (80) years old when He died Camera
Kyôhei Nakaoka as Screenplay. Writing
Teru Miyamoto as Original Story. He was 40 (now 77) years old Writing
Eizō Sugawa as Director. He was 56 (68) years old when He died Directing
Eizō Sugawa as Screenplay. He was 56 (68) years old when He died Writing
River of Fireflies poster
River of Fireflies (37 years)

The boy sees the fate of men. The girl knows how women's lives are.

  • Release day: Saturday, February 21, 1987
  • Runtime: 115 minutes