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The Firefly (2001)
Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Overview
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.
Length 114 minutes
Actors
Ken Takakura | Yūko Tanaka | Isao Natsuyagi | Ryûji Harada | Takami Mizuhashi | Ayako Kobayashi | Kiichi Nakai | Hisashi Igawa | Tomoko Naraoka | Nenji Kobayashi | Renji Ishibashi | Yukiyoshi Ozawa | Yûko Fueki | Shigeo Kobayashi