A Japanese love story that takes place during World War 2. It follows a young Japanese man who goes to war and tries to stay connected to his true love.
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| Ken Takakura | ... | Yamaoka Shûji | |
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Yûko Tanaka | ... | Yamaoka Tomoko |
| Isao Natsuyagi | ... | Takemoto | |
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Ryûji Harada | ... | Tetsuo |
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Takami Mizuhashi | ... | Fujieda |
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Ayako Kobayashi | ... | Otsuka Hisako |
| Kiichi Nakai | ... | Nakajima | |
| Hisashi Igawa | ... | Fujieda Youji | |
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Tomoko Naraoka | ... | Yamamoto Tomiko |
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Nenji Kobayashi | ... | Ogata |
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Renji Ishibashi | ... | Yamazaki |
| Yukiyoshi Ozawa | ... | Kaneyama | |
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Yûko Fueki | ... | Young Tomoko Yamaoka |
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Shinri Kai | ||
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Takashi Kikuchi | ||
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A Japanese love story that takes place during World War 2. It follows a young Japanese man who goes to war and tries to stay connected to his true love.
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Nominated in all 13 categories at the 2002 Japanese Academy Awards, but won nothing. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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The Firefly is a very beautiful and sad movie about the destiny of young people during the world war II. The story is really interesting mostly about happened to the characters during the 40s and the 80s. The memory of war can't be erased.