The Thousand Year Fire
2004, Japanese. Directed by Naoki Segi.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 11 September 2004
- Original title
- 千年火
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kei Kosaka
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The Thousand Year Fire isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 September 2004. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Thousand Year Fire?
If you liked The Thousand Year Fire, try A Shine of Rainbows, Boychoir, Pride.
Who directed The Thousand Year Fire?
The Thousand Year Fire (2004) was directed by Naoki Segi and stars Shohei Murata, Miho Fujima, Kikuo Kaneuchi.