Storyline
Having lost both his mother and father, an 11-year-old city boy is sent to live with his grandparents in a small seaside village. Feeling responsible for his father's accidental death, he becomes increasingly introverted and finds himself unable to make friends with the local kids. Then an eccentric elderly doctor takes him under his wing, and tells him of an ancient ceremony where a sacred flame must be brought back from a remote island by a lone swimmer.
Cast & Crew
SM
Shohei Murata
Satoshi Sugita
Lead
Miho Fujima
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KK
Kikuo Kaneuchi
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CK
Chiyoka Kitasaki
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Tetsuro Tamba
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Naoki Segi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Thousand Year Fire is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
