Firefly Light

Synopsis

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

Main Cast

Chikage Awashima

Tose

Age : 87 | Popularity : 5%

Junzaburō Ban

Isuke

Age : 73 | Popularity : 7%

Ayako Wakao

Oryo

Age : 90 | Popularity : 9%

Miki Mori

Sakamoto Ryoma

Age : 26 | Popularity : 3%

Masao Mishima

Age : 67 | Popularity : 4%

Kōji Mitsui

Age : 69 | Popularity : 4%

Eiko Miyoshi

Age : 69 | Popularity : 3%

Sadako Sawamura

Age : 87 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Toshio Yasumi
	Novel	Sakunosuke Oda
Camera	Director of Photography	Yoshio Miyajima
Sound	Original Music Composer	Yasushi Akutagawa
Directing	Director	Heinosuke Gosho
Production	Producer	Yoshishige Uchiyama
Art	Art Direction	Hidetetsu Hirakawa
Department	Role	Name

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