Released
Fireflies in the North
September 1 1984 (over 40 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Hideo Gosha
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 2 h 5 m
- Country: Japan
- Companies: Toei Company, Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
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.