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Fireflies: River of Light

06/05/2004

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1hr 41min

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Drama

Wouldn't it be beautiful to see fireflies dancing here?

STORY

After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a rustic primary school. He struggles to get through to his students, until he creates a class project to raise fireflies to fly over it once again. All students, even the reserved girl Hikari (Risako Sugaya), become passionately involved in the project. However, it brings them into conflict with parents and the school, one problem after another stands in his way.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Yukiyoshi Ozawa
  • Risako Sugaya
  • Koji Yakusho
  • Mirai Yamamoto
  • Nobuo Yana

    Director

  • Hiroshi Sugawara

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Hajime Miwa

Risako Sugaya

Hikari Hoshi

Koji Yakusho

Mr. Takiguchi

Mirai Yamamoto

Ms. Nanami

Nobuo Yana

Tanaka-san

Kirin Kiki

Headmistress

Takuya Asada

Moeko Ezawa

Toshiyuki Kitami

Yukimi Koyanagi

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