DVD

Grave of the fireflies / Shinchosha presents a Studio Ghibli production ; producer, Toru Hara ; written and directed by Isao Takahata.

Hara, Tōru, 1935- (Added Author). Takahata, Isao. (Added Author). Nosaka, Akiyuki, 1930-2015 Hotaru no haka. (Added Author). Shinchōsha. (Added Author). Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha. (Added Author). Sentai Filmworks (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

As the Empire of the Sun crumbles upon itself and a rain of firebombs falls upon Japan, the final death march of a nation is echoed in millions of smaller tragedies. Seita and his younger sister Setsuko are two children born at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and now cast adrift in a world that lacks not the care to shelter them, but simply the resources. They are forced to fend for themselves in the aftermath of fires that swept entire cities from the face of the earth.

Record details

ISBN: 9781616151898
ISBN: 1616151897
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Remastered edition.
Publisher: [United States] : Sentai Filmworks, [2012]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1988. Based on the novel by Akiyuki Nosaka. Extra features include: interviews ; biographies ; historical perspective ; art gallery ; Japanese theatrical trailer ; storyboards.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Photography, Nobuo Koyama ; art director, Nizo Yamamoto ; music, Michio Mamiya.
Participant or Performer Note:	Japanese voice cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi. English voice cast: J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones.
Target Audience Note:	TV PG; CHV rating: PG.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Language Note:	English or Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.