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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A Gentle Breeze in the Village
A Dry White Season
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Only Yesterday
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Memories of Matsuko
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Be with You
Mindwalk
Come Sunday
Starving in Suburbia
The Fugitive Kind
Close Range Love
The Safety of Objects
I Give My First Love to You
Chéri