Fireflies in the North (1984)

Name: Fireflies in the North
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984-09-01
Duration: 125 min
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Mikio Narita, Mari Natsuki, Reiko Nakamura

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.