Hotaru no hoshi 2004

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
Hajime Miwa 

Risako Sugaya
Hikari Hoshi 

Koji Yakusho
Mr. Takiguchi 

Mirai Yamamoto
Ms. Nanami 

Nobuo Yana
Tanaka-san 

Kirin Kiki
Headmistress 

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