Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Plot.
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
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Cast & Crew.
Tsutomu Tatsumi
Seita (voice)
Ayano Shiraishi
Setsuko (voice)
Yoshiko Shinohara
Mother (voice)
Akemi Yamaguchi
Auntie (voice)
Akemi Yamaguchi
Aunt
Kozo Hashida
Obayashi Chairman (voice)
Masayo Sakai
Woman who takes care of Setsuko (voice)
Kazumi Nozaki
Cousin (voice)
Yoshio Matsuoka
Gosaku (voice)
Masahiro Kanetake
Aunt's House Guest (voice)
Kiyoshi Yanagawa
Patrolman (voice)
Hajime Maki
Man who arrests Seita (voice)
Atsuo Omotem
Person in Bank (voice)
Teruhisa Harita
Station Worker (voice)
Hiroshi Tanaka
Person in Bank (voice)
Michio Denpo
Station Worker / Doctor (voice)
Shiro Tamaki
Person in Bank (voice)
Mika Sekita
Nurse (voice)
Kyoko Moriwaki
(voice)
Tooru Hara
Producer
Akiyuki Nosaka
Novel
Isao Takahata
Director / Screenplay
Nobuo Koyama
Director of Photography
Takeshi Seyama
Editor
Michio Mamiya
Original Music Composer
Yoshiyuki Momose
Layout
Yoshifumi Kondo
Animation Director / Character Designer
Nizou Yamamoto
Art Direction
Michiyo Yasuda
Color Designer
Yasuo Uragami
Sound Director
Michihiro Itou
Sound Effects
Kunji Tanifuji
Special Effects
Hisanori Ooshiro
Sound Mixer
Noriyoshi Oohira
Sound Effects
Katsu Hisamura
Assistant Art Director
Toru Hishiyama
Background Designer
Yoshiji Kigami
Key Animation
Hideaki Anno
Key Animation
Yukiyoshi Hane
Key Animation
Yasuomi Umetsu
Key Animation
Toshiyasu Okada
Key Animation
Toshitsugu Saida
Key Animation
Shojuro Yamauchi
Key Animation
Reiko Okuyama
Key Animation
Noriko Ozeki
Key Animation
Noriko Moritomo
Key Animation
Noboru Takano
Key Animation
Michiyo Sakurai
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 16, 1988
Original Name火垂るの墓
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$3,700,000
Box Office$516,962
Genres
Wiki.
Grave of the Fireflies (Japanese: 火垂るの墓, Hepburn: Hotaru no Haka) is a 1988 Japanese animated war drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata, and produced by Studio Ghibli. It is based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka.
The film stars Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara and Akemi Yamaguchi. Set in the city of Kobe, Japan in June 1945, it tells the story of two siblings and war orphans, Seita and Setsuko, and their desperate struggle to survive during the final months of the Second World War. Universally acclaimed, Grave of the Fireflies has been ranked as one of the greatest war films of all time and is recognized as a major work of Japanese animation.
スタジオジブリ Sutajio Jiburi.
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