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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
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Cast
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Chikage Awashima
Tose
Known for
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Early Spring
Junzaburō Ban
Isuke
Known for
Dodes'ka-den
Heinosuke Gosho
Yoshio Miyajima
Sakunosuke Oda
Jiro Kaga
Ayako Wakao
Oryo
Known for
Street of Shame
Floating Weeds
Toshio Yasumi
Yasushi Akutagawa
Yoshishige Uchiyama
Miki Mori
Sakamoto Ryoma
Also in
Honno-Ji in Flames
The Tragedy of Bushido
Hidetetsu Hirakawa
Heinosuke Gosho Director · Toshio Yasumi Writer Sakunosuke Oda Author
First release March 18, 1958 · Produced in Japan · Original title 螢火
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Shochiku
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Japan
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Original title
螢火
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 18, 1958
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No release date listed for United States.
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