Overview

Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their parents' divorce. Jun, and his sister Hotaru, grow and mature - willingly and sometimes forcibly - in the harsh climates of Hokkaido, learning the ways of life through their interaction with the folk of Furano.

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Cast

Kunie Tanaka

Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Jun Kuroita (黑板纯)

Tomoko Nakajima

Hotaru Kuroita (黑板萤)

Koichi Iwaki

Sota Kitamura (北村草太)

Miyuki Matsuda

Tsurara Yoshimoto (吉本冰丽)

Takeo Chii

Kazuo Nakahata (中畑和夫)

Mayumi Shimizu

Mizue Nakahata (中畑瑞惠)

Hideji Ōtaki

Seikichi Kitamura (北村清吉)

Keiko Takeshita

Yukiko Miyamae (宫前雪子)

Ayumi Ishida

Reiko Kuroita