His Grave of the Fireflies and American Hijiki won the Naoki Prize in 1967.
Constantin Werner's producing credits include the action TV-series Puma, directed by martial arts legend Donnie Yen, for the German network RTL, the independent film Fireflies (starring Kate Mara, Dan Frazer and Isabel Glasser) and the 2004 Cult Epics release Bettie Page, Dark Angel.
Klaiman also worked in 2009 to breakout two new artists who went on to achieve number one hits under Universal Republic: Minnesota artist Owl City aka Adam Young with "Fireflies," and Cash Money's first non-hip hop mainstream success, UK singer/songwriter Jay Sean, with "Down."
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The song was the first Cash Money single to hit the Top 40 top spot, and Owl City's "Fireflies" took over the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 immediately after "Down," making the two debut singles the only back-to-back number one hits from new artists via the same label in 2009.
Beside his extensive publications and readings as a poet, he also performs as an actor, and heads the band Świetliki (Fireflies).
She also starred in Fireflies for the ABC working under the widely respected executive producer John Edwards.
Unlike "Fireflies" and "Vanilla Twilight", Young does not appear in the video, aside from a few photos.
It has been claimed that Yamao introduced the well known Scottish song Auld Lang Syne to Japan where it is called Hotaru no Hikari (The Light of the Fireflies) and is sung at high school graduation ceremonies.