Naomi (Maho Ukai), is a spoiled teenager from Nagoya whose parents send her off to the country for the summer to work at her aunt's inn. After being asked to care for Mrs. Koide (Yoshie ...
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Title: Firefly Dreams (2001)
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5 wins & 2 nominations.
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Maho | ... | Naomi |
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Tsutomu Niwa | ... | Masaru |
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Etsuko Kimata | ... | Yumi |
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Haruo Hanahara | ... | Yumi's grandfather |
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Shunsuke Kabeya | ... | Yûji |
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Kyoko Kanemoto | ... | Yumi's mother |
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Chie Miyajima | ... | Naomi's mother |
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Atsushi Ono | ... | Naomi's father |
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Ayako Satô | ... | Tomoko |
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Sadayasu Yamakawa | ... | Yumi's father |
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Naomi (Maho Ukai), is a spoiled teenager from Nagoya whose parents send her off to the country for the summer to work at her aunt's inn. After being asked to care for Mrs. Koide (Yoshie Minami), an aging relative with Alzheimer's disease, Naomi developes an extraordinary friendship with the older woman that changes her perspective on life. Written by ElDeeAgain
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This film alludes the life of a brat from Nagoya, problem teenager from a dysfunctional family, to the life of a former movie actress from the 1930s who is now suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Most of the scenes are cast in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi, and the town of Horai, Aichi (which will become part of Shinshiro in October 2005), both very small cities away from the visually overwhelming Japanese urban landscape. The unstaffed and deserted train platform of the JR Iida line, a small (and an actual) hospital, the unpolluted river, waterfalls, forests and the hot spring inns are remnants of old Japan, and so are the fireflies, fireworks and a summer festival at local shrine grounds.
Director John Williams captures the beauty of rural Japan and the wide cultural gap as well as geographical contrast between the urban teenager's Nagoya (fourth largest municipality in Japan) and Koide-san's farm house up on the hill in the Oku Mikawa Highland region, while on the interpersonal and spiritual levels connecting the common elements between these two women from two different generations.