River of Fireflies

Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 55m

Genre

Drama

Release Date

21 Feb 1987

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Nichiei
Kinema Tokyo
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