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Grave of the Fireflies

⭐️ 8.4 | 89 min | Animation , Drama , War | April 16th, 1988

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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Box Office

Budget: $3,700,000
Revenue: $842,132
ROI: -77.2%

Verdict: Flop

Trailer

Crew

Directors

> Isao Takahata (Director)
> Nobuo Koyama (Director of Photography)
> Yoshifumi Kondo (Animation Director)
> Yasuo Uragami (Sound Director)
> Kazu Hisamura (Assistant Art Director)

Writers

> Isao Takahata (Screenplay)
> Akiyuki Nosaka (Short Story)

Cast

Tsutomu Tatsumi

Tsutomu Tatsumi

Seita (voice)
Ayano Shiraishi

Ayano Shiraishi

Setsuko (voice)
Yoshiko Shinohara

Yoshiko Shinohara

Mother (voice)
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Akemi Yamaguchi

Auntie (voice)
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Masayo Sakai

Woman who takes care of Setsuko (voice)
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Kozo Hashida

Obayashi Chairman (voice)
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Kazumi Nozaki

Cousin (voice)
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Yoshio Matsuoka

Gosaku (voice)
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Masahiro Kanetake

Aunt's House Guest (voice)
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Kiyoshi Yanagawa

Patrolman (voice)
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Hajime Maki

Man who arrests Seita (voice)
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Atsuo Omotem

Person in Bank (voice)

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