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Grave of the Fireflies
Why do fireflies have to die so soon?
8.5(6,905)19881h 29m
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.
- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Writers
- Isao Takahata
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Cast
Tsutomu Tatsumi
Seita (voice)
Ayano Shiraishi
Setsuko (voice)
Yoshiko Shinohara
Mother (voice)
Akemi Yamaguchi
Auntie (voice)
Masayo Sakai
Woman who takes care of Setsuko (voice)
Kozo Hashida
Obayashi Chairman (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)
Crew
Directing
- Isao TakahataDirector
- Yoshiyuki MomoseLayout
Writing
- Isao TakahataScreenplay
- Akiyuki NosakaShort Story
Production
- Tooru HaraProducer
- Tomoaki NishigiriProduction Assistant
Camera
- Nobuo KoyamaDirector of Photography
Editing
- Takeshi SeyamaEditor
- Hiroshi AdachiAssistant Editor
Sound
- Michio MamiyaOriginal Music Composer
- Yasuo UragamiSound Director
- Michihiro ItouSound Effects
- Noriyoshi OhiraSound Effects
- Hisanori OshiroSound Mixer
Art
- Nizou YamamotoArt Direction
- Kazu HisamuraAssistant Art Director
- Toru HishiyamaBackground Designer
- Mutsuo KosekiBackground Designer
- Shuichi HirataBackground Designer
- Noriko HiguchiBackground Designer
- Seiki TamuraBackground Designer
- Yoshinari KanebakoBackground Designer
- Yoji NakazaBackground Designer
- Fukiko HashizumeBackground Designer
- Eiko SudoBackground Designer
- Eiji HirakawaBackground Designer
Visual Effects
- Naoyuki TaniguchiCompositing Artist
- Hideaki AnnoKey Animation
- Yukiyoshi HaneKey Animation
- Yasuomi UmetsuKey Animation
- Toshitsugu SaidaKey Animation
- Shojuro YamauchiKey Animation
- Reiko OkuyamaKey Animation
- Noriko OzekiKey Animation
- Noriko MoritomoKey Animation
- Noboru TakanoKey Animation
- Michiyo SakuraiKey Animation
- Megumi KagawaKey Animation
Crew
- Neil NadelmanTranslator
- Kaoru TanifujiSpecial Effects