• 1984
  • 2h 5m
Kita no hotaru

Summary During the Meiji era, a brutal prison warden terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido. View more details

  • 1984
  • 2h 5m

Kita no hotaru

Directed : Hideo Gosha

Written : Kôji Takada

Stars : Tatsuya Nakadai Kôichi Satô Shima Iwashita Ai Saotome

All cast & crew

6.8

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Aug 31, 1984

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : Japanese

Filming locations : Egami, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Production companies : Toei Inc. Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company

Summary During the Meiji era, a brutal prison warden terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Aug 31, 1984

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : Japanese

Filming locations : Egami, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Production companies : Toei Inc. Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company

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Kita no hotaru (1984)
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