HIMATSURI (1984)

Film details

Featuring

Kinya Kitaoji Kiwako Taichi Ryota Najamoto
Director

Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Country

Japan
Year

1984
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

FIRE FESTIVAL Alternative
FESTIVAL OF FIRE Alternative

Synopsis

Set in a village on the south west coast of Japan, tells the story of a logger and his family. The peaceful coast is threatened by land developers to whom the logger refuses to sell his property. When thousands of fish are poisoned the developers pin the blame on the man, who kills his family and himself during the annual fire festival.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Tatsuo
    
    Kinya Kitaoji
  - Kimiko
    
    Kiwako Taichi
  - Ryota
    
    Ryota Najamoto
  - Yamakawa
    
    Norihei Miki
  - Toshio
    
    Rikiya Yasuoka
  - Koji
    
    Seiji Kurasaki
  - Maiko
    
    Maiko Kawakami
  - Sachiko, Tatsuo's Wife
    
    Junko Miyashita
  - Tatsuo's Mother
    
    Kin Sugai
  - Tatsuo's Sister
    
    Sachiko Matsushita
  - Tatsuo's Sister
    
    Masako Yagi
  - Lumberjack
    
    Jukei Fujioka
  - Lumberjack
    
    Nenji Kobayashi
  - Lumberjack
    
    Ippei Sooda
  - Kimiko's Sister
    
    Aoi Nakajima
  - Sister's Husband
    
    Kenzô Kaneko
  - Ironmonger
    
    Ban Kojika
  - Mobile Shop Owner
    
    Masato Ibu
  - Boatman
    
    Kosanji Yanagiya
  - Child Minder
    
    Aiko Morishita
  - Lumberjacks' Driver
    
    Eiichi Kudo
  - Fisherman
    
    Yosuke Naka
  - Fisherman
    
    Gozo Sooma
  - Fisherman
    
    Koji Miemachi
  - Fisherman
    
    Yuzuko Kinoshita
  - Fisherman
    
    Mitsuyo Inomata
  - Fisherman
    
    Reiko Nanao
  - Fisherman
    
    Shiro Shimomoto
  - Fisherman
    
    Yuhei Kurachi
  - Fisherman
    
    Remon Hori
  - Fisherman
    
    Baiken Jukkanji
  - Fisherman
    
    Akira Sakai
  - Fisherman
    
    Atsushi Imaizumi
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Mitsuo Yanagimachi
  - Assistant Director
    
    Yusuke Narita
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Gunro Productions
  - Production Company
    
    Seibu Group
  - Production Company
    
    Cine Saison
  - Executive Producer
    
    Kazuo Shimizu
  - Production Manager
    
    Shinji Komiya
  - Production Manager
    
    Shima Anzai
  Writing:
  - Script
    
    Kenji Nakagami
  - Based on the story by
    
    Kenji Nakagami
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Masaki Tamura
  - Lighting
    
    Hisashi Takaya
  Special Effects:
  - Visual effects
    
    Minoru Nakano
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Sachiko Yamaji
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Takeo Kimura
  - Set Decorator
    
    Akiyoshi Kanda
  Costumes:
  - Costumes
    
    Daiichi Costumes
  Make-up:
  - Make-up
    
    Yamada Katsura Company
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Toru Takemitsu
  Choreography:
  - Choreography
    
    Shinichi Ikeda
  Sound:
  - Sound Recording
    
    Yukio Kubota
  - Sound Effects
    
    Yukio Hokari
  Stunts:
  - Fight director
    
    Tadahiro Kunii
  - Stunts
    
    Masao Takahashi

Latest from the BFI

Latest news, features and opinion.

More information

Films, TV and people

Film lists and highlights from BFI Player.

More information

Sight & Sound magazine

Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.

More information

You are here

HIMATSURI (1984)

Film details

Alternative titles

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

Cast

Credits

Direction:

Production:

Writing:

Photography:

Special Effects:

Editing:

Design:

Costumes:

Make-up:

Music:

Choreography:

Sound:

Stunts:

Latest from the BFI

Films, TV and people

Sight & Sound magazine

You are here