Directed by: Takihiro Omori
Screenwriter: Yuki Midorikawa
Starring: Sakura Ayane/Uchiyama Yasumi/Tsuji Shinhachi/Yamamoto Kenhei/Goto Hiroki/More…
Genre: Drama/Romance/Animation/Fantasy
Production country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Release Date: 2011-09-17(Japan)
Running time: 45 minutes
The plot introduction of the Forest of Firefly
One summer, a six-year-old girl named Hotaru Takekawa came to her grandfather’s house for a vacation, and she broke into the mountain God forest, which is said to be full of monsters. Just as she is anxious because she is lost, a big boy wearing a fox mask appears in front of her and leads Firefly to find the way home. Although Firefly is extremely grateful, but the boy forbade her to touch his body, the boy named Silver is not human, once he is touched by human will disappear.
In the days that followed, Hotaru and Silver became good friends, and they went to every corner of the forest to play. Day after day, year after year, every summer firefly will come to the forest to meet his good friends as promised. She kept her promise not to touch Silver’s body under any circumstances. With the growth of age, Firefly and Silver’s feelings for each other have quietly changed, they look forward to the day together, look forward to embracing each other…
The film is based on Yuki Midorikawa’s original novel.