River of Fireflies

Japan

• 1987-02-21
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  Drama
• ▪ 1h-55m

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

Overview

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.

• Eizō SugawaDirector

  Matsuo TakahashiExecutive Producer

  Hiroaki KatoExecutive Producer

  Kiyoshi FujimotoProducer

  Teru MiyamotoOriginal Story

  Kyōhei NakaokaScreenplay