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9.0 1h 55m

River of Fireflies

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

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.

Top Cast

  • Rentaro Mikuni

    Rentaro Mikuni

  • Yukiyo Toake

    Yukiyo Toake

  • Tamae Sawada

    Tamae Sawada

  • Takayuki Sakazume

    Takayuki Sakazume

    Takio Mizushima

  • Takuzō Kawatani

    Takuzō Kawatani

  • Ken Teraizumi

    Ken Teraizumi

  • Chōichirō Kawarasaki

    Chōichirō Kawarasaki

  • Taiji Tonoyama

    Taiji Tonoyama

  • Hideji Ōtaki

    Hideji Ōtaki

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.

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