Grave of the Fireflies
Why do fireflies have to die so soon?
Country
Production
Budget
$4 000 000
Box office
$842 132
Director
Actors
Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai, Kozo Hashida, Kazumi Nozaki, Yoshio Matsuoka, Masahiro Kanetake, Kiyoshi Yanagawa
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Nobuo Koyama
Composer
Artist
Katsu Hisamura
Audition
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- To find children to voice Setsuko and Seita, Isao Takahata went to Kobe. There he found five-year-old Ayano Shiraishi.
- The animated film is based on the autobiographical novel 'The Grave of the Fireflies' (Hotaru no Haka) by Akiyuki Nosaka, 1967.
- The film adaptation was considered a project destined for commercial success due to its educational value. Therefore, the film was released alongside Hayao Miyazaki’s 'My Neighbor Totoro' (1988) to push it to audiences. Ultimately, both films were purchased by many school boards for showing to students.
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