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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Main Cast: Tokue Hanazawa, Haruko Hirata, Fusatarō Ishijima, Kyōko Kagawa, Yoshi Katō, Tanie Kitabayashi, Junji Masuda, Taketoshi Naitō, Nobuo Nakamura, Masao Oda

Director: Miyoji Ieki

Writers: Toshirō Ide, Nobuyoshi Terada, Miyoji Ieki

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Cinematographer: Seiichi Kitsuke

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