The Firefly
Japanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look at war and remembrance. Hideji Yamaoka (Takakura) was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender. After decades of working as a fisherman in Kumamoto, a provincial seaside city in southern Kyushu, Yamaoka remains reluctant to discuss his wartime experiences with anyone, much less an intrusive reporter looking for a feature story. Then a series of events shake Yamaoka to the core, forcing him to re-evaluate his past.
Cast
Ken Takakura
as Yamaoka Shuji
Yuko Tanaka
as Tomoko Yamaoka
Isao Natsuyagi
as Takemoto
Ryuji Harada
as Tetsuo
Takami Mizuhashi
as Hotaru
Ayako Kobayashi
as
Kiichi Nakai
as
Hisashi Igawa
as
Tomoko Naraoka
as
Nenji Kobayashi
as
