Fireflies: River of Light

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.

4.6

101 min

Cast

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

as Hajime Miwa

Risako Sugaya

as Hikari Hoshi

Koji Yakusho

as Mr. Takiguchi

Mirai Yamamoto

as Ms. Nanami

Nobuo Yana

as Tanaka-san

Kirin Kiki

as Headmistress

Yurina Kumai

Moeko Ezawa

Toshiyuki Kitami

Yukimi Koyanagi

Hitomi Nakahara

Takashi Sasano

Makoto Satō

Shirō Shimomoto

Kimiko Yo

Kumiko Mori

Kei Takyo

Takuya Asada

Director

Hiroshi Sugawara