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Grave of the Fireflies

8.4

Released April 16, 1988Runtime 1h 29min

Why do fireflies have to die so soon?

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.

Genres

Animation

Drama

War

Production Companies

Studio Ghibli

Production Countries

Japan

Finances

Budget: $3,700,000
Revenue: $516,962
Profit/Loss: $-3,183,038

Stream

Videos

Cast

Tsutomu TatsumiSeita (voice)

Ayano ShiraishiSetsuko (voice)

Yoshiko ShinoharaMother (voice)

Akemi YamaguchiAuntie (voice)

Masayo SakaiWoman who takes care of Setsuko (voice)

Kozo HashidaObayashi Chairman (voice)

Kazumi NozakiCousin (voice)

Yoshio MatsuokaGosaku (voice)

Masahiro KanetakeAunt's House Guest (voice)

Kiyoshi YanagawaPatrolman (voice)

Hajime MakiMan who arrests Seita (voice)

Atsuo OmotemPerson in Bank (voice)

Teruhisa HaritaStation Worker (voice)

Hiroshi TanakaPerson in Bank (voice)

Michio DenpoStation Worker / Doctor (voice)

Shiro TamakiPerson in Bank (voice)

Mika SekitaNurse (voice)

Kyoko Moriwaki(voice)

Crew

Isao TakahataDirector

Yoshiyuki MomoseLayout

Isao TakahataScreenplay

Akiyuki NosakaShort Story

Tooru HaraProducer

Takeshi SeyamaEditor

Nobuo KoyamaDirector of Photography

Michio MamiyaOriginal Music Composer

Neil NadelmanTranslator

Naoyuki TaniguchiCompositing Artist

Toshitsugu SaidaKey Animation

Noboru TakanoKey Animation

Atsuko OtaniKey Animation

Kitaro KosakaKey Animation

Hideo KawauchiKey Animation

Iku IshiguroKey Animation

Yasuomi UmetsuKey Animation

Megumi KagawaKey Animation

Hideaki AnnoKey Animation

Reiko OkuyamaKey Animation

Kuniyuki IshiiKey Animation

Akio SakaiKey Animation

Yukiyoshi HaneKey Animation

Noriko OzekiKey Animation

Shojuro YamauchiKey Animation

Noriko MoritomoKey Animation

Michiyo SakuraiKey Animation

Toshiyasu OkadaKey Animation

Hiroshi OgawaKey Animation

Yoshifumi KondoAnimation Director

Michiyo YasudaColor Designer

Nizou YamamotoArt Direction

Michihiro ItouSound Effects

Yoshifumi KondoCharacter Designer

Yasuo UragamiSound Director

Noriyoshi OohiraSound Effects

Kaoru TanifujiSpecial Effects

Hisanori OoshiroSound Mixer

Kazu HisamuraAssistant Art Director

Toru HishiyamaBackground Designer

Yoshiji KigamiKey Animation

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Reviews

by Andres Gomez

The terrible story of two orphaned Japanese kids during the ending of WWII. Incredibly well told and totally moving, without using clichés. A must seen in the anime arena.

This was the first animated movie that made me cry as an adult. It still does. Two children are left as orphans in World War 2 and have to survive. Such a basic premise, but this shows intimately what the effects of war are on children (a topic not covered by other movies). And as it's abou...