What is the name of the Japanese animated movie?

More Chinese titles:

Goodbye Fireflies

Grave with Curtain of Fire

More foreign titles:

Hotaru no haka

Grave of the Fireflies

Tombstone for the Fireflies .....(Australia) (dubbed version)

Eldflugornas grav . ....Sweden

Grab der Leuchtk?fer, Das .....West Germany

Letzten Glühwürmchen, Die .....Germany (DVD title)

Letzten Leuchtk?fer, Die .....West Germany

Túmulo dos Vagalumes .....Brazil

Tomba per le lucciole, Una .... .Italy

Tombeau des lucioles, Le .....France

Tulik?rp?sten hauta .....Finland

Tumba de las luciérnagas , La....Spain

Video type:

Animation/Drama/War

Duration:

93 min / Germany:85 min (DVD version)

Country/Region:

Japan

Dialogue Language:

Japanese

< p>Color:

Color

Format:

35mm widescreen system

Mixing:

< p>Dolby

Level:

Singapore:PG Canada:G Argentina:13 Australia:M Sweden:15 USA:Unrated USA:PG France:U Spain:13 Canada:PG UK :12 West Germany:6 USA:TV-MA Hong Kong:IIA New Zealand:M South Korea:All

Film format:

35 mm

Processing and printing Format:

35 mm

Credit

Director:

Isao Takahata

Screenwriter Writer:

Akiyuki Nosaka....(novel)

Isao Takahata....(written by)

Actor Actor:

Tsutomu Tatsumi .....Seita (voice)

Ayano Shiraishi .....Setsuko (voice)

Yoshiko Shinohara ... ..Mother (voice)

Akemi Yamaguchi .....Aunt (voice)

Rhoda Chrosite .....Setsuko (voice: English version)

< p>Shannon Conley .....Additional Voices (voice: English version)

Crispin Freeman .....Additional Voices (voice: English version)

Dan Green .. ...Additional Voices (voice: English version)

Amy Jones .....Aunt (voice: English version)

George Leaver .....Additional Voices (voice : English version)

J. Robert Spencer .....Seita (voice: English version)

Nick Sullivan .....Additional Voices (voice: English version)< /p>

Veronica Taylor .....Mother (voice: English version)

Produced by:

Tohru Hara .....producer

Ryoichi Sato .....executive producer

Original Music:

Michio Mamiya

Photography Cinematography:

Nobuo Koyama....(director of photography)

Film Editing:

Takeshi Seyama

Art Director Production Designer:

< p>Ryoichi Sato .....executive producer

Art Design Art Direction by：

Nizou Yamamoto

Assistant Director :

Norihiko Sudo....assistant director

Production/Distribution

Production company:

Studio Ghibli Ghibli [Japan]

Shinchosha Company

Distributing company:

JONU Media [Spain] ..... (2003) (Spain) (DVD)< /p>

Toho International Company Inc. [USA] ..... (1988) (Japan) (theatrical)

Central Park Media Corporation (I) (II)

< p>Optimum Releasing [UK] ..... (2004) (UK) (DVD)

Other companies:

Studio Angel ..... cooperation

Release Date

Country/Region Release/Release Date (Details)

Japan

Japan

April 16, 1988 Japan

South Korea

South Korea

April 5, 1989

United States

USA

October 1994.... (Chicago International Film Festival)

France

France

June 19, 1996

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Switzerland

Switzerland

June 8, 2000.... (German speaking region)

Indonesia

< p>Indonesia

November 5, 2000.... (Jakarta International Film Festival)

Czech Republic

Czech Republic

December 14, 2002.... (Olomouc Animation Film Festival)

Finland

Finland

March 22, 2006... .. (DVD premiere)

Behind the scenes

"Grave of the Fireflies" is a story about orphans who were victims of war. The film's depiction of hunger is very vivid and can be said to have similarities to incidents of cannibalism. This is a rare setback and lesson that a defeated Japan can only learn. The work brilliantly reproduces the various emotions of love and hate and distrust of people arising from hunger. It recreates the atmosphere of that era that can no longer be seen today. Rice, vegetables, watermelon...are all sublime as seen by hungry eyes. The movie adopts the form of cartoons, giving full expression to these props. This is a work with the theme of "death". It does not have political preaching, but carries out a frontal attack on "death" and takes it seriously. This brings a sense of freshness to the work. It and another animated film "My Neighbor Totoro" released at the same time each completed a very challenging creation on the abstract theme of "life" and "death".

Plot summary

Little siblings Seita and Setsuko finally found their mother during the overnight bomber bombing, but she was critically ill and died soon after. Their home was destroyed, and they lived in a cave by the river with only their bedding, living a poor but happy life. After eating all the food he could stomach, Seita went to the farm fields to steal food. He was discovered and beaten, and Setsuko became increasingly weak from malnutrition. Seita took advantage of the opportunity of the air raid and risked his life to steal vegetables from the farm fields to make soup for Setsuko to drink, but there was no improvement. As the war ended, Seita's father went to serve in the Navy. Seita used the money left by his father in the bank to buy some grain and fruits, but at this time Setsuko could not even open her mouth, and then died quietly. Seita joins the ranks of the street kids at the station.

Original Soundtrack of the Movie

1. Setsuko Seita Mikaru

2. Yennohara

3. Mother's Death

4. Early summer

5. ike のほとり

6. 海へ

7. Waves

8 . Japanese umbrella

9. 桜の下

10. ドロップス

11. Yin Yue

12. Brother and sister

13. ほたる

14. ほたるの Tomb

15. 夜焼

16. Shura

17. Elegy

18. ふたりエンドタイトル