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Firefly (2000 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Firefly' (Japanese: , Hepburn: 'Hotaru') is a 2000 Japanese drama film directed by Naomi Kawase. It was her second drama feature after her 1997 debut drama feature 'Suzaku' and won the FIPREPSCI Prize at its 2000 debut at Locarno for its "personal and universal approach towards the conflict between tradition and modernity". Like 'Suzaku', the film explores life in rural Japan and draws on Kawase's background as a documentary filmmaker. Together, these two films established Kawase as one of Japan's key contemporary female directors.
Plot
Ayako, a striptease dancer, falls in and out of a relationship with Daiji, a potter, and returns to her childhood hometown in Nara province, Japan.
Cast
* Yko Nakamura as Ayako
* Toshiya Nagasawa as Daiji
* Miyako Yamaguchi as Yasuko
Reception
Winner of the FIPREPSCI Prize and the C.I.C.A.E. Award at the Festival del film, Locarno, 2000.
Yko Nakamura won Best Actress at BAFICI (Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival), 2001.
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