The Thousand Year Fire
Having lost both his mother and father, an 11-year-old city boy is sent to live with his grandparents in a small seaside village. Feeling responsible for his father's accidental death, he becomes increasingly introverted and finds himself unable to make friends with the local kids. Then an eccentric elderly doctor takes him under his wing, and tells him of an ancient ceremony where a sacred flame must be brought back from a remote island by a lone swimmer.
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The Thousand Year Fire
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 11, 2004
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Original Title
千年火
Production Companies
Eiga Sennenbi Seisaku Jôei Iinkai, Jingumachi Bunka Shinko Zaidan
Director
Naoki Segi
Description
Having lost both his mother and father, an 11-year-old city boy is sent to live with his grandparents in a small seaside village. Feeling responsible for his father's accidental death, he becomes increasingly introverted and finds himself unable to make friends with the local kids. Then an eccentric elderly doctor takes him under his wing, and tells him of an ancient ceremony where a sacred flame must be brought back from a remote island by a lone swimmer.
