Movie Cosmos - Grave of the Fireflies

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Tsutomu Tatsumi

As Seita (voice)

Ayano Shiraishi

As Setsuko (voice)

Yoshiko Shinohara

As Mother (voice)

Akemi Yamaguchi

As Auntie (voice)

Masayo Sakai

As Woman who takes care of Setsuko (voice)

Kozo Hashida

As Obayashi Chairman (voice)

Kazumi Nozaki

As Cousin (voice)

Yoshio Matsuoka

As Gosaku (voice)

Masahiro Kanetake

As Aunt's House Guest (voice)

Kiyoshi Yanagawa

As Patrolman (voice)

Hajime Maki

As Man who arrests Seita (voice)

Atsuo Omotem

As Person in Bank (voice)

Teruhisa Harita

As Station Worker (voice)

Hiroshi Tanaka

As Person in Bank (voice)

Michio Denpo

As Station Worker / Doctor (voice)

Shiro Tamaki

As Person in Bank (voice)

Mika Sekita

As Nurse (voice)

Kyoko Moriwaki

As (voice)

Top Crew >

Isao Takahata

Director, Screenplay

Takeshi Seyama

Editor

Michio Mamiya

Original Music Composer

Nobuo Koyama

Director of Photography

Neil Nadelman

Translator

Naoyuki Taniguchi

Compositing Artist

Noriko Ozeki

Key Animation

Noboru Takano

Key Animation

Yasuomi Umetsu

Key Animation

Yukiyoshi Hane

Key Animation

Toshiyasu Okada

Key Animation

Hiroshi Ogawa

Key Animation

Hideo Kawauchi

Key Animation

Noriko Moritomo

Key Animation

Kitaro Kosaka

Key Animation

Iku Ishiguro

Key Animation

Reiko Okuyama

Key Animation

Akio Sakai

Key Animation

Hideaki Anno

Key Animation

Kuniyuki Ishii

Key Animation

Atsuko Otani

Key Animation

Shojuro Yamauchi

Key Animation

Megumi Kagawa

Key Animation

Toshitsugu Saida

Key Animation

Michiyo Sakurai

Key Animation

Yoshiyuki Momose

Layout

Yoshifumi Kondo

Animation Director, Character Designer

Nizou Yamamoto

Art Direction

Michiyo Yasuda

Color Designer

Tooru Hara

Producer

Kazu Hisamura

Assistant Art Director

Michihiro Itou

Sound Effects

Hisanori Ooshiro

Sound Mixer

Yasuo Uragami

Sound Director

Kaoru Tanifuji

Special Effects

Noriyoshi Ohira

Sound Effects

Toru Hishiyama

Background Designer

Akiyuki Nosaka

Short Story

Yoshiji Kigami

Key Animation

Reviews:

Andres Gomez (9/10)

The terrible story of two orphaned Japanese kids during the ending of WWII.

Incredibly well told and totally moving, without using clichés. A must seen in the anime arena.

2013-01-04

sykobanana (10/10)

This was the first animated movie that made me cry as an adult.
It still does.

Two children are left as orphans in World War 2 and have to survive. Such a basic premise, but this shows intimately what the effects of war are on children (a topic not covered by other movies). And as it's about children, it has more of an emotional impact.
Described as one of the greatest war movies of all time by Roger Ebert, the work of art will impact you like no other anime.

Its interesting to note that this was released originally with My Neighbour Totoro. Both are films about childhood. But where Totoro is about innocence maintained and the joy of childhood, Fireflies is innocence lost, a light dimmed after a short period.

2020-05-17