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title: 'Grave of the Fireflies (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Isao Takahata'
released: '1988-04-16'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/grave-of-the-fireflies-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

1988 · 93 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 火垂るの墓
Part of: Studio Ghibli Feature Films

## Synopsis

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 to survive during the final months of the Pacific War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Isao Takahata](https://cinepixo.com/people/isao-takahata)
- **Screenplay:** [Isao Takahata](https://cinepixo.com/people/isao-takahata)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michio Mamiya](https://cinepixo.com/people/michio-mamiya)
- **Editor:** [Takeshi Seyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-seyama)

## Cast

- [Ayano Shiraishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ayano-shiraishi) as Setsuko Yokokawa
- [Yoshiko Shinohara](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiko-shinohara) as Mrs. Yokokawa
- [Dan Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-green) as Farmer
- [Shannon Conley](https://cinepixo.com/people/shannon-conley) as Seita and Setsuko's cousin
- [Crispin Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/crispin-freeman) as Doctor/Old man
- [Akemi Yamaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/akemi-yamaguchi) as Seita and Setsuko's aunt
- [Corinne Orr](https://cinepixo.com/people/corinne-orr) as Setsuko Yokokawa
- [Tsutomu Tatsumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsutomu-tatsumi) as Seita Yokokawa
- [Tadashi Nakamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadashi-nakamura)
- [J. Robert Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-robert-spencer) as Seita Yokokawa
- [Veronica Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/veronica-taylor) as Mrs. Yokokawa

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Official site: https://www.ghibli.jp/works/hotarunohaka/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/grave-of-the-fireflies-1988
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