Firefly
film by Kawase [2000]
Also known as: “Hotaru”
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- In Naomi Kawase
The love story Hotaru (2000; Firefly) won both the FIPRESCI Prize and the CICAE (International Confederation of Art Cinemas) Prize at the Locarno (Switzerland) International Film Festival. She returned to documentary filmmaking with Tsuioku no dansu (2003; Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom), which chronicled the final days in the…
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