Hotarubi no Mori e

8.3(1,204)201145m

RomanceAnimationFantasy

One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...

Director

Takahiro Omori

Cast

Izumi Sawada

Hotaru's Mother (voice)

Hayato Taya

Ryouta (voice)

Ayane Sakura

Hotaru Takegawa (voice)

Koki Uchiyama

Gin (voice)

Shinpachi Tsuji

Hotaru's Grandfather (voice)

Kanehira Yamamoto

Shadow (voice)

Masanori Machida

Tree Hand (voice)

Mami Uchida

Masked Child (voice)

Hiroki Goto

Lion (voice)

Kumiko Tashiro

Festival Child (voice)

Asami Imai

Masked Child (voice)

Reviews

1 review

Alunauwie

17d ago

7.0

To the Forest of Firefly Lights tells a gentle fantasy romance between Hotaru and Gin, a spirit who cannot be touched, unfolding through nostalgic memories and quiet emotional growth. Rather than relying on dramatic conflict, the film builds its strength through subtle longing, the pain of boundaries, and the awareness that some connections are fleeting. Though its short runtime limits deeper expl...