Fireflies in the North

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.

Director: Hideo Gosha

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Koichi Sato, Ai Saotome, Daisuke Ryū, Kunihiko Mitamura, Reiko Nakamura, Junko Takazawa

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.