Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr. Matsukuma, although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and is forced to leave. After his departure there is great depression, but there is a chance to rekindle the lantern of the title and the values Matsukuma represented ...

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Tokue Hanazawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Yoshi Katō

Tanie Kitabayashi

Taketoshi Naitō

Nobuo Nakamura

Masao Oda