Fireflies: River of Light

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 5, 2004

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Yukiyoshi Ozawa,Risako Sugaya,Koji Yakusho,Mirai Yamamoto,Nobuo Yana,Kirin Kiki,Yurina Kumai,Moeko Ezawa,Toshiyuki Kitami,Yukimi Koyanagiand 8 more

Director

Hiroshi Sugawara

Writer

Osamu Sōda,Hiroshi Sugawara

Producer

Kiyoko Sakuma,Naoki Yamazaki

Cinematography

Shogo Ueno

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0411398