River of Fireflies
"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.
About River of Fireflies (1987)
Released in 1987, River of Fireflies is a drama film from Nichiei (Japan). It was directed by Eizō Sugawa and written by Eizō Sugawa and Kyōhei Nakaoka. The cast is led by Rentaro Mikuni, Yukiyo Toake, Tamae Sawada, Takayuki Sakazume and Takuzō Kawatani. With a runtime of 1h 55m, the film averages 9.0/10 across 1 TMDB ratings.
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