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Fireflies in the North (1984)

Fireflies in the North (1984)

Drama
Release Date: 1984, September 1
Directors: Hideo Gosha
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Company, Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
Cast: Mari Natsuki, Yoshio Inaba, Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Tetsuro Tamba, Daisuke Ryū, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Reiko Nakamura, Asao Koike, Toru Masuoka, Isao Natsuyagi, Koichi Sato

Overview:

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.