Fireflies in the North
- Original title
- Kita no hotaru
- Year
- 1984
- Running time
- 124 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Tatsuya Nakadai
- Shima Iwashita
- Mari Natsuki
- Koichi Sato
- Ai Saotome
- Daisuke Ryû
- Kunihiko Mitamura
- Reiko Nakamura
- Junko Takazawa
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Prison Drama. 19th Century
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Awards
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1985: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: Best Art Direction. 4 nominations
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