Natsumi's Firefly
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61% Critic Match

Natsumi's Firefly

6.1 / 10 2016 1h 48mNR Japanese
Drama

Storyline

Natsumi wants to become a photographer. She takes a bike which her late father left behind and goes to a forest to find a firefly she saw with her father. In the forest, Natsumi meets old mother Yasu and old son Jizo. They run a general store. Natsumi learns how to live in nature from them. She has happy summer days there. One day, Jizo tells her that he became estranged from his son in the past.

Cast & Crew

Kasumi Arimura

Kasumi Arimura

Natsumi Kawai

Lead
Asuka Kudo

Asuka Kudo

Shingo

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Keizo Fukui

Nijiro Murakami

Nijiro Murakami

Kimihide

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Sakakiyama

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ryuichi Hiroki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Natsumi's Firefly is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker