River of Fireflies

River of Fireflies

"The boy sees the fate of men. The girl knows how women's lives are."

0.0/101h 55m1987
River of Fireflies

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Nichiei
Kinema Tokyo

Additional Information

Original Title:螢川
Original Language:Japanese
Status:Released