Firefly Light (螢火) 66 years old

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

Credits

Ayako Wakao as Oryo

Koji Mitsui as

Fujio Suga as

Masao Mishima as

Eiko Miyoshi as

Junzaburo Ban as Isuke

Firefly Light Cast

Name	Character
Ayako Wakao She was 24, now 90 years old	as Oryo
Koji Mitsui was 15, 5 years old when died
Fujio Suga He was 38, 78 years old when he died
Masao Mishima He was 52, 67 years old when he died
Eiko Miyoshi She was 63, 69 years old when she died
Junzaburo Ban He was 48, 71 years old when he died	as Isuke
Eijirō Tōno He was 51, 87 years old when he died
Sadako Sawamura She was 49, 87 years old when she died
Chikage Awashima She was 34, 87 years old when she died	as Tose

Firefly Light Crew

Name	Department
Toshio Yasumi as Writer. He was 54 (88) years old when He died	Writing
Yoshio Miyajima as Director of Photography. He was 49 (89) years old when He died	Camera
Yasushi Akutagawa as Original Music Composer. He was 33 (64) years old when He died	Sound
Heinosuke Gosho as Director. He was 56 (79) years old when He died	Directing

Firefly Light (66 years)

Release day: Tuesday, March 18, 1958
Runtime: 123 minutes