Grave of the Fireflies (movie)
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Alternative title:
Das Grab der Leuchtkäfer (German)
Die letzten Glühwürmchen (German)
Die letzten Leuchtkäfer (German)
Eldflugornas grav (Swedish)
Graf van de Vuurvliegjes (Dutch)
Grobowiec świetlików (Polish)
Hotaru no Haka (Japanese)
La tomba delle lucciole (Italian)
La Tumba de las Luciernagas (Spanish)
Le tombeau des lucioles (French)
O Túmulo dos Pirilampos (Portuguese)
Túmulo dos Vaga-lumes (Portuguese)
Una Tomba Per Le Lucciole (Italian)
Могила светлячков (Russian)
قبر اليراعات (Arabic)
火垂るの墓 (Japanese)
螢火蟲之墓 (Chinese (Taiwan))
반딧불의 묘 (Korean)
Genres:
drama
Objectionable content:
Mild
Plot Summary:
On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the losing end of the war.
User Ratings:
4687 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
88 minutes
Vintage:
1988-04-11
1996-06-19 (France)
2007-05-15 (Mira 5tv Zapotlan el grande, Mexico)
2017-07-20 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Premiere date:
1988-04-16 (Japan, released as a double bill with My Neighbor Totoro)
2000-11-05 (Indonesia, Jakarta International Film Festival)
2002-12-14 (Czech Republic, Olomouc Animation Film Festival)
Release dates: We have 25
Opening Theme:
"Setsuko and Seita" by Michio Mamiya
Ending Theme:
"Futari" by Michio Mamiya
Official website:
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 8
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
Comment:
Based on the partially-autobiographical book of the same title by Akiyuki Nosaka. The novel won the Naoki Award for literary achievement.
Reviews:
BFI Film Classics: Grave of the Fireflies (May 6, 2021)
Grave of the Fireflies DVD (Mar 5, 2012)
Grave of the Fireflies Special Edition (Nov 15, 2002)
Grave of the Fireflies (new dub) (Jan 1, 1970)
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Director: Isao Takahata Screenplay: Isao Takahata Storyboard: Yoshiyuki Momose Music: Michio Mamiya Character Design: Yoshifumi Kondō Art Director: Nizo Yamamoto Animation Director: Yoshifumi Kondō Original Novel: Akiyuki Nosaka Sound Director: Yasuo Urakami Director of Photography: Nobuo Koyama Executive producer: Ryoichi Sato Additional Music: Masahiko Satoh Assistant Art Director: Katsu Hisamura Assistant Director: Norihiko Sudo Background Art: Eiji Hirakawa Eiko Sudō Fukiko Hashizume Junko Ina Mutsuo Koseki Noriko Higuchi Seiki Tamura Shūichi Hirata Tōru Hishiyama Yōji Nakaza Yoshinari Kinbako Camera: Akitarō Daichi Atsushi Kageyama Hideo Okazaki Masashi Abe Naoyuki Taniguchi Shinji Itō Tsuguo Ozawa Color design: Michiyo Yasuda Dolby Stereo Consultant: Mikio Mori Editing: Takeshi Seyama Editing Assistant: Hiroshi Adachi Finish Animation: Akemi Hosoya Chieko Machida Etsuko Ohno Fujino Yonei Fumiko Saito Haremi Miyagawa Harumi Machii Hideko Sato Hisako Sagara Hisako Shitara Homi Abe Ikue Nakayama Junko Igarashi Junko Yoshikawa Kazue Hiranuma Kazue Shiki Kimie Ishida Kyōko Ōtake Manami Beppu Matsuko Horii Mayumi Watabe Michiko Nishimaki Michiyo Iseda Mieko Asai Miwako Shibata Naomi Takahashi Nobuko Igarashi Nobuko Nakata Nobuko Sano Nobuko Watanabe Norichika Iwakiri Reiko Aonuma Reiko Nanami Rie Aoki Rie Yasui Shinichi Toyonaga Shizuko Hirai Taeko Sakuma Takao Yoshikawa Takiko Kubota Tokuko Harada Toshiko Tawara Tsutomu Kosuge Yasuko Yamaguchi Yoshiko Takasago Yoshimi Sakuma Yuki Takagi Yukiko Matsushita Yukitaka Shishikai Yumi Furuya Yumi Hattori Yumiko Ichikawa In-Between Animation: Akemi Motohashi Ako Takano Atsushi Irie Aya Satō Chieko Shiobara Eiichiro Hirata Eiichiro Nishiyama Hideaki Furusawa Hiromi Kosuda Hiroshi Inada Hiroyuki Horiuchi Hiroyuki Kamura Hitoshi Kagiyama Junko Isaka Kasumi Hara Keiko Sakuma Masahiko Ōuchi Masashi Kaneko Mayumi Fujimoto Mayumi Suzuki Midori Nagaoka Midori Yamada Nobuko Sato Osamu Tanabe Sachiko Yoneyama Seiji Handa Shigehito Tsuji Shirō Shibata Sumie Nishido Takao Maki Takao Yoshino Takuya Iinuma Tatsuji Narita Tazuko Fukutsuchi Tokihiko Ōta Tomoko Takei Tsutomu Awada Yoko Kida Yoshie Kawahashi Yoshimi Kanbara Yūichi Katayama Yūko Ogawa Yumi Kawachi Yuriko Saito Yuzumi Enosawa Key Animation: Akio Sakai Atsuko Ōtani Hideaki Anno Hideo Kawauchi Hiroshi Ogawa Iku Ishiguro Kitarō Kōsaka Kuniyuki Ishii Megumi Kagawa Michiyo Sakurai Noboru Takano Noriko Moritomo Noriko Ōzeki Reiko Okuyama Shōjurō Yamauchi Toshitsugu Saida Toshiyasu Okada Yasuomi Umetsu Yoshiji Kigami Yukiyoshi Hane Layout: Yoshiyuki Momose Line Producer: Shinichirō Ueda Planning: Ryoichi Sato Production Committee: Kenji Sasaki Kenjirō Yagi Kunioki Hatsumi Shizuya Shibata Shunichi Satō Tadahiko Arai Takanobu Sato Takashi Nitta Takuo Murase Production Desk: Naoyuki Oshikiri Sound Mixing: Hisanori Ōshiro Special Effects: Kunji Tanifuji Theme Song Performance: Amelita Galli-Curci | Ayano Shiraishi as Tsutomu Tatsumi as Akemi Yamaguchi as Yoshiko Shinohara as | |||
Animation Production: Studio Ghibli Development: Tokyo Laboratory Finish Animation: Bobby Planning Cel Arts Studio Domusha Dragon Production IM Studio SHAFT Studio Angel Studio Angle Studio DEEN Studio Killy Studio Korumi Studio Kuma Studio OZ Studio Tomcat Trace Studio M Photography: Lucky More Production: Shinchosha Production Studio: Studio Ghibli Recording Studio: APU Studio Sound Effects: E&M Planning Center Sound Production: Audio Planning U | ||||
Dubbing Director: Christian Lander (Dubbing Brothers USA) Executive producer: Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai Filmworks) Joey Goubeaud (ADV re-release) John Ledford (ADV re-release; Sentai Filmworks) John O'Donnell (Central Park Media dub) Toru Iwakami (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Adapter: Mace Byjak (Dubbing Brothers USA) ADR Producer: Peter Bavaro Art Manager: Larry Koteff (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Audio Engineer: Brent Marshall (Sentai dub) Casting Director: Dorit Simone (Dubbing Brothers USA) DVD Coordination: Eric Thomann DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff (ADV re-release) Graphics: Larry Koteff (Sentai re-release) In-House Production: Justin Sevakis In-House Production Manager: Tim Werenko Product Manager: Pooja Amin (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Production: Crystal Ruiz (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Janice Williams (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Joey Goubeaud (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Son Phan Le (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Production Assistant: Alexandra Bedford (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Bryson Baugus (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) E.W. Rector, III (Sentai re-release; 2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Jessica Williams (Sentai re-release) Kayla King (Sentai re-release) Luke La Padula (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Mariana Valverde (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Ned Gayle (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Ryan Anthony (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Production Coordination: Janice Williams (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Project Manager: Mayuka Aisen (Dubbing Brothers USA) QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Recordist: Jon Young (Dubbing Brothers USA) Sound Design: Christopher Bourque (Sentai dub) Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones (Sentai re-release) Subtitle Translation: Chen Li Woon (Netflix) Subtitling: Neal Barnes (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Supervising Translator: Jennifer Challenger (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai re-release) | Adam Gibbs as Corinne Orr as Emily Neves as J. Robert Spencer as Lucas Jaye as Luna Hamilton as Rhoda Chrosite as Amy Jones as Marcy Bannor as Ren Hanami as Andrew Love as Anne Yatco as Keisuke Hoashi as Ping Wu as Shelley Calene-Black as Veronica Taylor as Andrew Grace Andrew Kishino Blake Shepard Bobby Foley Chacha Shen Clyde Kusatsu Courtney Lin David Matranga David Wald Jennifer Sun Bell Justin Doran Kana Koinuma Luci Christian Rob Mungle Samuel Roman Susan Koozin Susannah Corrington Zander Chin | |||
Audio Post Production: Laughing Dog Studios Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel International Channel Special Broadcasting Service Australia (SBS2) Turner Classic Movies Disc Production: Sentai Studios (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook) Distributor: GKIDS Image Entertainment (LaserDisc) Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) Optimum Releasing (UK) Section23 Films (North America; 2012) Shout! Studios (United States and Canada; 2025) DVD Menu Design: Crush Digital Video DVD Premastering: Crush Digital Video DVD Premastering & Menu Design: Resolution DVD Production: Amusement Park Media (ADV re-release) Licensed by: ADV Films (expired; 2009) Anime Limited (UK & Ireland; 2025) Central Park Media (expired) GKIDS (2025) Sentai Filmworks (2011; Expired) Production: Seraphim Digital (Sentai dub) Recording Studio: Laughing Dog Studios (Central Park Media dub) Subtitles: Captions, Inc. Video Post Production: Magnetic Image Video | ||||
Esteban Oertli as Fanny Vambacas as Kelly Marot as Pascal Grull as Marie Martine as Marie-Laure Dougnac as Caroline Cadrieu as Hervé Bellon as Kelly Marot as Marina Tourbon as Michel Tugot-Doris as Richard Leroussel as Anthony Delclève Cécilé Gatto Charlotte Hennequin Faustine Legrand Gabriel Marc Igor Chometowski Isabelle Charles Isabelle Desplantes Jean-Marc Charrier Lola Nedelian Melki Izzouzi Sam Salhi Sébastien Minéo | ||||
Broadcaster: Arte (from 12 June 2000) Canal + Ciné Cinema Famiz (from January 2009) J-One TPS Cinefamily (from 4 February 2006) Virgin 17 | ||||
ADR Director: Jaime Roca (Spain dub; Netflix) Dubbing Director: Azucena Díaz (Catalan dub) Translation: María Bordonado Pardo (Spain dub; Netflix) Executive producer: Hilel Chelminsky (Zima Entertainment) Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión) José Luis Puertas (Jonu Media) Mixing: Ferrán Mosquera (Catalan dub) Production Supervision: Silvia Lozano (Spain dub; Netflix) Project Manager: Manu Zapata (Spain dub; Netflix) Subtitle Supervisor: Nadia García Díaz (Selecta Visión) Subtitle Translation: Juan Villena Mateos (Spain; Netflix) Subtitler: Fabián Sierra (Jonu Media) | Albert Trifol Segarra as Azucena Martinez as Hugo Rodriguez as Lucia Perez as Núria Trifol as Víctor Álvarez Comendeiro as Julia Martínez as Magdalena Leonel as Adriana Rodriguez as Antonio Pujós as Carmen Calvell as César Martín as Cristal Barreyro as Eugenio Roldán as Francesc Alborch as Gal Soler as Guillermo Rojas as Joaquim Sota as Jordi Pineda as Julia Chalmeta as Salvador Campoy as David Martín de la Fuente Diana Torres Isabel Abengoza Jorge Peña Juan Alfonso Arenas Marta Górriz | |||
ADR Studio: Tecnison (Spain dub; Netflix) Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain) Canal CinemaPlus (Latin America) Canal Encuentro (Argentina) Canal Plus (Spain) Canal RCN (Colombia) Canal UCR Canal Utv (Colombia) Cinema + (Colombia) Señal Colombia (Colombia) TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya) DVD Distribution: Babilla Ciné (Colombia) Internet Streaming: Anime Box (Spain) Canal RCN (Colombia) Código Animé (dubbed) Filmin (Spain) Netflix (Spain) RTVCPlay (Colombia) Señal Colombia (Colombia) Wuaki.tv (Spain) Licensed by: Jonu Media (Spain) Selecta Visión (Spain; 2012) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Zima Entertainment (Mexico) Theatrical Releaser: Babilla Ciné (Colombia) | ||||
Synchronization: Massimo Massaroni (ed. 2025) | Chiara Fabiano as Corrado Conforti as Leonardo Caneva as Luna Tosti as Perla Liberatori as Valeriano Corini as Oliviero Dinelli as Alessandra Chiari as Ambrogio Colombo as Antonella Baldini as Beatrice Margiotti as Chiara Oliviero as Cristina Poccardi as Elio Zamuto as Emidio La Vella as Emma Grasso as Gianluca Solombrino as Giulia Franceschetti as Irene Trotta as Luciano Marchitiello as Massimo Còrizza as Mauro Magliozzi as Paolo Lombardi as Pierluigi Astore as Raffaele Palmieri as Toni Orlandi as Wladimiro Grana as Alessandro Ballico Andrea Di Maggio Antonio Angrisano Barbara Villa Carlotta Pescuma Carolina Zaccarini Cristina Piras Daniele De Lisi Dimitri Winter Dodo Versino Edoardo Benedetti Elena Liberati Emilio Mauro Barchiesi Gabriele Tacchi Gerry Gherardi Gilberta Crispino Guido Sagliocca Leonardo Della Bianca Luigi Scribani Maria Grazia Dominici Massimo Aresu Mattia Fabiano Monica Migliori Nicola Braile Patrizia Bracaglia Pieraldo Ferrante Raffaele Carpentieri Rossella Celindano Serena Sigismondo Silvio Anselmo Vittoria Bartolomei | |||
Casting: Chris Gruber (2nd dub; Netflix) Editing: Alexandra Cassau (2nd dub; Netflix) Anja Seilheimer (2nd dub; Netflix) Jacqueline Lamotte (2nd dub; Netflix) Mixing: Ricardo Murga (2nd dub; Netflix) Production manager: Kerstin Dintner (2nd dub; Netflix) Recording engineer: Florian Kretschmer (2nd dub; Netflix) | Adak Azdasht as Gerrit Schmidt-Foß as Leni Mitschke as Oliver Szerkus as Agnes Hilpert as Rita Engelmann as Alexander Herzog as Frank Ciazynski as Hasso Zorn as Lothar Blumhagen as Maria Sumner as Marie Bierstedt as Thomas Nero Wolff as Ulrich Voß as Ulrike Stürzbecher as Wolfgang Ostberg as Alexander Hauff Andreas Hofer Andreas Meese Carmen Katt Christopher Groß Eliot Neudeck Elmar Gutmann Eva-Maria Werth Gerrit Schmidt-Foß Gunnar Helm Jan Kurbjuweit Jasper Holdt Johannes Raspe Julia Meynen Karlo Hackenberger Lilia Peters Luca Smesny Maria Sumner Michael Tietz Michel Diercks Noah Ampong Sabine Walkenbach Thomas Hailer Tim Moeseritz Tom Kanty Ute Noack Uwe Jellinek Vanessa Wirth Velia Krause Virginia Leithäuser Werner Braunschädel | |||
(none) | Distributor: Otaku | |||
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(none) | Distributor: MC Entertainment | |||
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Broadcaster: Hyper Distributor: IDG Poland S.A. Internet Streaming: Netflix Subtitles: Studio PDK (POM) Theatrical Distributor: Piece of Magic Entertainment | ||||
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ADR Director: Diego Lima | Isadora Martins as Lipe Volpato as Adriana Pissardini as Denise Reis as Ricardo Sawaya as | |||
ADR Production: Media Access Company (Brazil; 2024) Distributor: Versátil Home Vídeo (DVD-subtituled only) | ||||
(none) | Distributor: Ozon Media | |||
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(none) | Licensed by: Top-Insight International Co., Ltd. | |||
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