The Thousand Year Fire
7.5
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.
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
9 people
Shohei Murata
Satoshi Sugita
Also in
The Lakeside Murder Case
Wild Knight: Succession Arc
Miho Fujima
Known for
Tony Takitani
Premonition
Naoki Segi
Kei Kosaka
Kikuo Kaneuchi
Known for
Pitfall
Eros + Massacre
Kenichi Masugana
Chiyoka Kitasaki
Yûichi Nakajima
Tetsuro Tamba
Known for
You Only Live Twice
Harakiri
Naoki Segi Director · Kei Kosaka Writer
First release September 11, 2004 · Produced in Japan · Production Jingumachi Bunka Shinko Zaidan
Production
Eiga Sennenbi Seisaku Jôei Iinkai
Production
Jingumachi Bunka Shinko Zaidan
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
千年火
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 11, 2004
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
More from Naoki Segi
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked The Thousand Year Fire
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.