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 ...
Tokue Hanazawa
Haruko Hirata
Fusatarō Ishijima
Kyōko Kagawa
Yoshi Katō
