The Firefly

Japanese film icon Ken Takakura who has starred in over 100 films stars in this elegiac look at war and remembrance Hideji Yamaoka Takakura was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japans surrender After decades of working as a fisherman in Kumamoto a provincial seaside city in southern Kyushu Yamaoka remains reluctant to discuss his wartime experiences with anyone much less an intrusive reporter looking for a feature story Then a series of events shake Yamaoka to the core forcing him to reevaluate his past