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River of Fireflies (1987) [N/A]

Release Date:
February 21, 1987

Original Title:
螢川

Alternate Titles:
O Rio dos Vagalumes

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Kinema Tokyo
Nichiei

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 115

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

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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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Production

Art Direction:
Iwao Akune

Director:
Eizō Sugawa

Director of Photography:
Shinsaku Himeda

Editor:
Jun Nabeshima

Executive Producer:
Hiroaki Kato
Matsuo Takahashi

Lighting Technician:
Tadaaki Shimada

Original Music Composer:
Masatsugu Shinozaki

Original Story:
Teru Miyamoto

Producer:
Kiyoshi Fujimoto

Screenplay:
Eizō Sugawa
Kyōhei Nakaoka

Sound Recordist:
Fujio Satou

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