Film

Fireflies: River of Light

2004 · 1h 41m · Drama

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

IMDb

6.6

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.

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Hajime Miwa

Risako Sugaya

Hikari Hoshi

Koji Yakusho

Mr. Takiguchi

Mirai Yamamoto

Ms. Nanami

Nobuo Yana

Tanaka-san

Kirin Kiki

Headmistress

Yurina Kumai

Moeko Ezawa

Toshiyuki Kitami

Yukimi Koyanagi

Hitomi Nakahara

Takashi Sasano

Makoto Satō

Shirō Shimomoto

Kimiko Yo

Kumiko Mori

• Hiroshi SugawaraDirector · Writer
• Kiyoko SakumaProducer
• Naoki YamazakiProducer
• Shogo UenoDirector of Photography
• Keiichi ItagakiEditor

Release date

June 5, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Drama