Grave of the Fireflies
火垂るの墓
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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Cast
Crew
Yoshifumi Kondo
Animation Director
Kazu Hisamura
Assistant Art Director
Nobuo Koyama
Director of Photography
Yasuo Uragami
Sound Director
Tooru Hara
Producer
Nizou Yamamoto
Art Direction
Toru Hishiyama
Background Designer
Mutsuo Koseki
Background Designer
Shuichi Hirata
Background Designer
Noriko Higuchi
Background Designer
Seiki Tamura
Background Designer
Yoshinari Kanebako
Background Designer
Yoji Nakaza
Background Designer
Fukiko Hashizume
Background Designer
Eiko Sudo
Background Designer
Eiji Hirakawa
Background Designer
Junko Ina
Background Designer
Michiyo Yasuda
Color Designer
Naoyuki Taniguchi
Compositing Artist
Takeshi Seyama
Editor
Toshitsugu Saida
Key Animation
Noboru Takano
Key Animation
Atsuko Otani
Key Animation
Kitaro Kosaka
Key Animation
Hideo Kawauchi
Key Animation
Iku Ishiguro
Key Animation
Yasuomi Umetsu
Key Animation