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Release Date:
April 16, 1988
Original Title:
火垂るの墓
Alternate Titles:
Ateşböceklerinin Mezarı
Atəşböcəyinin Məzarı
Cemitério dos Vagalumes
Căn hầm đom đóm
Die letzten Leuchtkäfer
Graf van de Vuurvliegjes
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies สุสานหิ่งห้อย
Hotaru no Haka
Jaanimardikate haud
Jonvabalių kapas
La tumba de las luciérnagas
Mormântul Licuricilor
Mộ đom đóm
O Túmulo dos Pirilampos
Tombstone for Fireflies
Túmulo dos Vagalumes
Una tomba per le lucciole
Zoi Gin Jing Fo Cung
Могила светлячков
سيتا الحنون
ग्रेव ऑफ फिरेफ़्लिएस
สุสานหิ่งห้อย
再見螢火蟲
再见萤火虫
火垂るの墓
반딧불의 묘
반딧불이의 묘
Genres:
Animation | Drama | War
Production Companies:
Studio Ghibli
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M DE: 6 ES: 12 FR: TP GB: 12A IE: 12 KR: 12 MX: B NL: 9 PT: M/12 TW: 0+ US: PG-13
Runtime: 89
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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Animation Director:
Yoshifumi Kondo
Art Direction:
Nizou Yamamoto
Assistant Art Director:
Katsu Hisamura
Background Designer:
Toru Hishiyama
Character Designer:
Yoshifumi Kondo
Color Designer:
Michiyo Yasuda
Compositing Artist:
Naoyuki Taniguchi
Director:
Isao Takahata
Director of Photography:
Nobuo Koyama
Editor:
Takeshi Seyama
Key Animation:
Yoshiji Kigami
Hideaki Anno
Yukiyoshi Hane
Yasuomi Umetsu
Toshiyasu Okada
Toshitsugu Saida
Shojuro Yamauchi
Reiko Okuyama
Noriko Ozeki
Noriko Moritomo
Noboru Takano
Michiyo Sakurai
Megumi Kagawa
Kuniyuki Ishii
Kitarou Kousaka
Iku Ishiguro
Hiroshi Ogawa
Hideo Kawauchi
Atsuko Otani
Akio Sakai
Layout:
Yoshiyuki Momose
Novel:
Akiyuki Nosaka
Original Music Composer:
Michio Mamiya
Producer:
Tooru Hara
Screenplay:
Isao Takahata
Sound Director:
Yasuo Uragami
Sound Effects:
Noriyoshi Oohira
Michihiro Itou
Sound Mixer:
Hisanori Ooshiro
Special Effects:
Kunji Tanifuji
Translator:
Neil Nadelman
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