Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies (Japanese: 火垂るの墓, Hepburn: Hotaru no Haka) is a 1988 Japanese animated war drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata, and produced by Studio Ghibli. It is based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka.

This article is about the 1988 film. For the semi-autobiographical short story of the same name, see Grave of the Fireflies (short story). For the 2005 film, see Grave of the Fireflies (2005 film).

Grave of the Fireflies
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji火垂るの墓
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnHotaru no Haka
Directed byIsao Takahata
Screenplay byIsao Takahata
Based on"Grave of the Fireflies"
by Akiyuki Nosaka
Produced byToru Hara
Starring
  • Tsutomu Tatsumi
  • Ayano Shiraishi
  • Yoshiko Shinohara
  • Akemi Yamaguchi
CinematographyNobuo Koyama
Edited byTakeshi Seyama
Music byMichio Mamiya
Production
companies
Studio Ghibli
Shinchosha
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 16 April 1988 (1988-04-16)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office
  • ¥1.7 billion (Japan)
  • $516,962 (US)

The film stars Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara and Akemi Yamaguchi. Set in the city of Kobe, Japan in June 1945, it tells the story of two siblings and war orphans, Seita and Setsuko, and their desperate struggle to survive during the final months of World War II. Universally acclaimed, Grave of the Fireflies has been ranked as one of the greatest war films of all time and is recognized as a major work of Japanese animation.

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