Movie 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.
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北の螢
1984 125 min
Country: Japan
Director: Akira ShimizuHideo Gosha
Actors: Ai SaotomeDaisuke RyûHatsuo YamayaJunko TakazawaKoichi SatoKunihiko MitamuraReiko NakamuraShima IwashitaShunsuke KariyaTatsuya Nakadai
Genres: Drama
Subtitle: English
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.