Grave of the Fireflies (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.
Director:
Isao Takahata
Writer:
Isao Takahata
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Tsutomu Tatsumi as Seita (voice) |
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Ayano Shiraishi as Setsuko (voice) |
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Yoshiko Shinohara as Mother (voice) |
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Akemi Yamaguchi as Auntie (voice) |
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Masayo Sakai as Woman who takes care of Setsuko (voice) |
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Kozo Hashida as Obayashi Chairman (voice) |
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Kazumi Nozaki as Cousin (voice) |
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Yoshio Matsuoka as Gosaku (voice) |
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Masahiro Kanetake as Aunt's House Guest (voice) |
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Kiyoshi Yanagawa as Patrolman (voice) |
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Hajime Maki as Man who arrests Seita (voice) |
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Atsuo Omotem as Person in Bank (voice) |
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Teruhisa Harita as Station Worker (voice) |
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Hiroshi Tanaka as Person in Bank (voice) |
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Michio Denpo as Station Worker / Doctor (voice) |
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Shiro Tamaki as Person in Bank (voice) |
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Mika Sekita as Nurse (voice) |
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Kyoko Moriwaki as (voice) |
| Directing | Isao Takahata | Director |
| Writing | Isao Takahata | Screenplay |
| Sound | Michio Mamiya | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Nobuo Koyama | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Takeshi Seyama | Editor |
| Crew | Neil Nadelman | Translator |
| Visual Effects | Naoyuki Taniguchi | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Hideaki Anno | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiyoshi Hane | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuomi Umetsu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshitsugu Saida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shojuro Yamauchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Reiko Okuyama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noriko Ozeki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noriko Moritomo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noboru Takano | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Michiyo Sakurai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Megumi Kagawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kuniyuki Ishii | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kitaro Kosaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Iku Ishiguro | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideo Kawauchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsuko Otani | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akio Sakai | Key Animation |
| Directing | Yoshiyuki Momose | Layout |
| Visual Effects | Yoshifumi Kondo | Animation Director |
| Art | Nizou Yamamoto | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Michiyo Yasuda | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Yoshifumi Kondo | Character Designer |
| Sound | Yasuo Uragami | Sound Director |
| Production | Tooru Hara | Producer |
| Art | Kazu Hisamura | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Michihiro Itou | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Noriyoshi Ohira | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Hisanori Oshiro | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Kaoru Tanifuji | Special Effects |
| Art | Toru Hishiyama | Background Designer |
| Writing | Akiyuki Nosaka | Short Story |
| Visual Effects | Yoshiji Kigami | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshiyasu Okada | Key Animation |
| Art | Mutsuo Koseki | Background Designer |
| Art | Shuichi Hirata | Background Designer |
| Art | Noriko Higuchi | Background Designer |
| Art | Seiki Tamura | Background Designer |
| Art | Yoshinari Kanebako | Background Designer |
| Art | Yoji Nakaza | Background Designer |
| Art | Fukiko Hashizume | Background Designer |
| Art | Eiko Sudo | Background Designer |
| Art | Eiji Hirakawa | Background Designer |
| Art | Junko Ina | Background Designer |
| Editing | Hiroshi Adachi | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Tomoaki Nishigiri | Production Assistant |
