Firefly
Emotionally withdrawn strip club dancer Ayako has never recovered from her mother's suicide when she was young. She begins a relationship with patient potter Daiji, but leaves him behind when she quits her job and returns to her home town after a 10 year absence.
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Cast
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Naomi Kawase Director · Masami Inomoto Cinematographer
First release August 8, 2000 · Produced in Japan · Production Les Films de L'Observatoire, Suncent CinemaWorks
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dentsu Music and Entertainment
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Les Films de L'Observatoire
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Suncent CinemaWorks
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IMAGICA
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Tokyo Theatres Company
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Japan
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Original title
火垂
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Switzerland · August 8, 2000
Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
Japan · March 24, 2001
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No release date listed for United States.
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