Firefly Dreams
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Williams
Maho Ukai
Yoshie Minami
Tsutomu Niwa
Etsuko Kimata
Atsushi Ono
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
17-year-old Naomi is deeply affected by her parents' divorce and so agrees to her mother's suggestion that she go for the holidays to stay with her aunt in the mountains. When the aunt realises that Naomi is not too thrilled with her work at the hotel, she introduces her to Mrs. Koide, a distant relative living in isolation. At first Naomi is mortified by the thought of taking care of an old woman but she soon becomes interested in the secrets Mrs. Koide is evidently hiding. The girl and the old woman find that they have a common language and begin sharing their dreams, desires and disappointments. Naomi becomes even more attached to Mrs. Koide after she is let down by a local boy she's met, and to her surprise she discovers how similar her feelings are to those described by a woman several generations her senior.
Director
John Williams
Cast
Maho Ukai
Yoshie Minami
Tsutomu Niwa
Etsuko Kimata
Atsushi Ono
Chie Miyajima
Kyoko Kanemoto
Sadayasu Yamakawa
Haruo Nanahara
Crew
Erin Burke
Tom Grundy
Yoshinobu Hayano
Brian Hulse
Noriko Iida
Kazuaki Kaneda
Paul Rowe
Martin B.z. Rycroft
Akihiko Suzuki
Masaki Takada
Paul Tanner
John Williams
John Williams
John Williams
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States March 30, 2004
Released in United States on DVD March 30, 2004
Feature directorial debut for documentary filmmaker John Williams.
Shown at Cinequest 2002: The San Jose Film Festival February 21 - March 3, 2002.
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (in competition) July 5-14, 2001.
color
Dolby Digital
Released in United States March 30, 2004
Released in United States on DVD March 30, 2004
