Japan / Sep 01, 1984
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Junko Takazawa | Hanayakko |
| Shunsuke Kariya | |
| Hatsuo Yamaya | Marutoku |
| Shirô Kimura | |
| Arase | |
| Masaya Nihei | Tomosaburo Kumagai |
| Kinzō Sakura | |
| Hiroshi Miyauchi | |
| Happou Tsukitei | Clothing company owner |
| Kyōichi Satō | |
| Kai Ato | Ryuzo |
| Ryumei Azuma | |
| Toru Masuoka | Gaiki |
| Masaharu Arikawa | |
| Masataka Naruse | |
| Yoshio Inaba | Bessho |
| Yû Hoshino |
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Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 北の螢 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Toei Company, Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company |
| Release date | 1 settembre 1984 |
| Writer | Kōji Takada |
| Editing | Isamu Ichida |
| Cinematography | Fujio Morita |
| Assistant directors | Akira Shimizu, Hideo Gosha |
| Lighting | Yoshiaki Masuda |
| Camera operators | Fujio Morita |
| Additional photography | Fujio Morita |
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| Production design | Yoshinobu Nishioka, Kenji Yamashita |
| Art direction | Yoshinobu Nishioka, Kenji Yamashita |
| Set decoration | Yoshinobu Nishioka, Kenji Yamashita |
| Music | Masaru Satō, Teruhiko Arakawa, Kiyoshige Hirai |
| Sound | Teruhiko Arakawa, Masaru Satō, Kiyoshige Hirai |
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