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Grave of the Fireflies

火垂るの墓 / Hotaru no Haka

Studio Ghibli (Jan 01, 1988)

5055201822314

8.5

381,959

Animation | Anime | Drama | War

Japan | Japanese | Color | 01:30

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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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	Tsutomu Tatsumi	Seita
	Ayano Shiraishi	Setsuko
	Yoshiko Shinohara	Mother
	Akemi Yamaguchi	Aunt
	Kôzô Hashida	Obayashi Chairman
	Masayo Sakai	Woman who takes care of Setsuko
	Kazumi Nozaki	Cousin
	Yoshio Matsuoka	Gosaku
	Masahiro Kanetake	Aunt's house guest
	Kiyoshi Yanagawa	Patrolman
	Hajime Maki	Man who arrests Seita
	Atsuo Omote	Person in bank
	Teruhisa Harita	Station worker
	Hiroshi Tanaka	Person in bank
	Michio Denpô	Station worker
	Shirô Tamaki	Person in bank
	Tadashi Nakamura
	Mika Sekita	Nurse
	Mariko Miyamoto
	Atsushi Matsumoto	Kid with fishing tackle
	Haruko Matsuda
	Keiko Ueda
	Kazuhiko Takeoka	Kid with fishing tackle
	Kiyomi Ajisaka	Person in bank
	Makio Ueno	Kid with fishing tackle

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Director	Isao Takahata
Writer	Akiyuki Nosaka, Isao Takahata
Producer	Joey Goubeaud, Toru Hara, John Ledford, John O'Donnell, Ryoichi Sato, Stephanie Shalofsky, Eiichi Takahashi, Shin'ichirô Ueda
Musician	Michio Mamiya
Photography	Nobuo Koyama

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Edition details

Edition	Blu-ray & DVD
Packaging	Slip Case
Nr Discs	2
Screen Ratios	1080P (16x9 / 1.78:1) 576P (16x9 / 1.78:1)
Audio Tracks	LPCM Stereo [English] LPCM Stereo [Japanese]
Subtitles	English
Distributor	Studio Canal
Layers	Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date	Jul 01, 2013
Regions	Region 2 \| Region B