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05/06/2004 Drama 1h 41m
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Wouldn't it be beautiful to see fireflies dancing here?

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.

  1. Hiroshi Sugawara

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Yukiyoshi Ozawa

    Hajime Miwa

  2. Risako Sugaya

    Hikari Hoshi

  3. Koji Yakusho

    Mr. Takiguchi

  4. Mirai Yamamoto

    Ms. Nanami

  5. Nobuo Yana

    Tanaka-san

  6. Kirin Kiki

    Headmistress

  7. Yurina Kumai

  8. Moeko Ezawa

  9. Toshiyuki Kitami

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
Japanese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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