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Fireflies: River of Light
4.5
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1h 41m
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2004
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.
Cast
![Yukiyoshi Ozawa pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FeGBjjAmzqlj0fvliJPj93ENoCmr.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Hajime Miwa
![Risako Sugaya pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Risako Sugaya
Hikari Hoshi
![Koji Yakusho pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fr2WyVRyl6EJgyPKUJCB7D9cKYPE.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Koji Yakusho
Mr. Takiguchi
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Mirai Yamamoto
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Nobuo Yana
Tanaka-san
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Kirin Kiki
Headmistress
![Takuya Asada pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Takuya Asada
![Moeko Ezawa pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F500eoCTzYaARwAHfmfQpSvkeuPc.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Moeko Ezawa
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Yukimi Koyanagi
![Yurina Kumai pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Yurina Kumai
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Hitomi Nakahara
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Takashi Sasano
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Makoto Satō
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Shirō Shimomoto
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