Firefly Light

Firefly Light

1958
2h 3m
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Overview

Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small inn in the Kyoto suburb of Fushimi. She does not have an easy life. Her husband, Isuke (Ban Junzaburo), is a wastrel who fancies himself a kabuki singer and who is obsessed with cleanliness. Her mother-in-law, Sada (Miyoshi Eiko) dislikes her because of her humble origins (her family are farmers) and because she fears that she will inherit the inn instead of Sugi, her daughter. Sada's hopes for Sugi, however, are dashed when she runs off with a con artist and leaves her child behind for Tose to take care of. When Sada becomes seriously ill, it is Tose who nurses her. On her deathbed, Sada asks her daughter-in-law's forgiveness. Meanwhile Isuke spends most of his time with a mistress he has taken, forcing Tose to manage the inn by herself

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Shochiku
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 螢火
Release Date March 18, 1958
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0051743

Cast

Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima

Tose

Junzaburō Ban
Junzaburō Ban

Isuke

Ayako Wakao
Ayako Wakao

Oryo

Miki Mori
Miki Mori

Sakamoto Ryoma

Masao Mishima
Masao Mishima

Kōji Mitsui
Kōji Mitsui

Eiko Miyoshi
Eiko Miyoshi

Sadako Sawamura
Sadako Sawamura

Fujio Suga
Fujio Suga

Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno

Key Crew

Yoshishige Uchiyama
Producer
Toshio Yasumi
Writer
Heinosuke Gosho
Director

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