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Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Name: Grave of the Fireflies
Director: Isao Takahata
Genre: drama film, anti-war film, drama anime and manga
Rating: 8.5

Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 Japanese animated war film written and directed by Isao Takahata. It stars the voices of Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, and Akemi Yamaguchi. Based on Akiyuki Nosaka's 1967 semi-autobiographical short story of the same name, the film is set in Kobe shortly after its bombing by the U.S. Army Air Forces, and follows two orphaned siblings who desperately struggle…

Directed by Isao Takahata · Cut by Takeshi Seyama · Music by Michio Mamiya

Behind the scenes

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Elsewhere

More by Isao Takahata

The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun — 1968
Panda! Go, Panda! — 1972
Panda Kopanda Rainy Day Circus — 1973
Jarinko Chie — 1981
Gauche the Cellist — 1982
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals — 1987
Only Yesterday — 1991
Pom Poko — 1994
My Neighbors the Yamadas — 1999
Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables — 2010
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya — 2013

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