Project Author: David Mills

June 23, 2025

PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Studio Ghibli

Grave of the Fireflies

Why do fireflies have to die so soon?

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Genre:

Animation, Drama, War

Runtime:

89

Released:

1988

Rating:

8.4

Budget:

$3,700,000

Box Office:

$516,962

WRITERS

Isao Takahata, Akiyuki Nosaka

FILM OVERVIEW

Grave of the Fireflies

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

GALLERY

PRODUCTION TEAM

Isao Takahata (Director)

Isao Takahata (Screenplay)

Takeshi Seyama (Editor)

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Michio Mamiya (Original Music Composer)

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Nobuo Koyama (Director of Photography)

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Neil Nadelman (Translator)

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Naoyuki Taniguchi (Compositing Artist)

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Noriko Ozeki (Key Animation)

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Noboru Takano (Key Animation)

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Yasuomi Umetsu (Key Animation)

CAST MEMBERS

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Tsutomu Tatsumi

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Ayano Shiraishi

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Yoshiko Shinohara

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Akemi Yamaguchi

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Masayo Sakai

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Kozo Hashida

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Kazumi Nozaki

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Yoshio Matsuoka

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Masahiro Kanetake

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Kiyoshi Yanagawa

MORE PRODUCTION

Yukiyoshi Hane (Key Animation), Toshiyasu Okada (Key Animation), Hiroshi Ogawa (Key Animation), Hideo Kawauchi (Key Animation), Noriko Moritomo (Key Animation), Kitaro Kosaka (Key Animation), Iku Ishiguro (Key Animation), Reiko Okuyama (Key Animation), Akio Sakai (Key Animation), Hideaki Anno (Key Animation), Kuniyuki Ishii (Key Animation), Atsuko Otani (Key Animation), Shojuro Yamauchi (Key Animation), Megumi Kagawa (Key Animation), Toshitsugu Saida (Key Animation), Michiyo Sakurai (Key Animation), Yoshiyuki Momose (Layout), Yoshifumi Kondo (Animation Director), Nizou Yamamoto (Art Direction), Michiyo Yasuda (Color Designer), Tooru Hara (Producer), Kazu Hisamura (Assistant Art Director), Michihiro Itou (Sound Effects), Hisanori Ooshiro (Sound Mixer), Yoshifumi Kondo (Character Designer), Yasuo Uragami (Sound Director), Kaoru Tanifuji (Special Effects), Noriyoshi Ohira (Sound Effects), Toru Hishiyama (Background Designer), Akiyuki Nosaka (Short Story), Yoshiji Kigami (Key Animation)

MORE CAST

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