Fireflies in the North (1984)
Original title: 北の螢
Fireflies in the North is a 1984 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Hideo Gosha, with a running time of 2h 5m. It stars Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita and Koichi Sato.
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.