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Hotaru no haka [videorecording] : [videorecording] / kikaku seisaku Satō Ryōichi ; gensaku Nosaka Akiyuki ; kyakuhon kantoku Takahata Isao.

火垂るの墓

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Two orphans in war-time Kobe, Japan, face fire-bombs, hunger, homelessness, and despair as the war and their lives come to an end.

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Corporate Authors:	Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha, Central Park Media (Firm)
Other Authors:	Takahata, Isao (Director, Screenwriter), Kondō, Yoshifumi (Animator), Yamamoto, Nizo (Artistic director), Tatsumi, Tsutomu (Performer), Shiraishi, Ayano (Performer), Shinohara, Yoshiko (Performer), Yamaguchi, Akemi (Performer), Spencer, J. Robert (Performer), Chrosite, Rhoda (Performer), Taylor, Veronica (Performer), Jones, Amy (Performer), Nadelman, Neil (Translator), Hara, Tōru, 1935- (Producer), Nosaka, Akiyuki, 1930-2015
Other title:	Hotaru no haka (Motion picture) 火垂るの墓 (Motion picture) Grave of the fireflies.
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese English
Published:	New York : Central Park Media, [2002], ©1988.
Edition:	Anamorphic widescreen ed.
Series:	Collector's series (Central Park Media (Firm))
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Kōbe-shi > Drama. Japan > History > 1926-1945 > Drama. Siblings > Japan > Drama. Kōbe-shi (Japan) > Drama. Nosaka, Akiyuki, > 1930-2015 > Film adaptations. Feature films. War films. Animated films. Film adaptations. Films for hard of hearing people.

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Summary:	Two orphans in war-time Kobe, Japan, face fire-bombs, hunger, homelessness, and despair as the war and their lives come to an end.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988 in Japan and in an English version in 1992. Based on the novel by Akiyuki Nosaka. DVD features: anamorphic widescreen format; alternate angle storyboards; trailers; English & Japanese with English subtitles. Bonus DVD features: interviews with director Isao Takahata and author Akiyuki Nosaka; interview with Roger Ebert; author biography; director biography; historical perspective: commentary by professors Theodore F. Cook & Haruko Taya Cook; video restoration documentary; bonus storyboards; trailers; original Japanese theatrical trailer; art gallery; U.S. trailer. DVD-ROM features: script; additional storyboards; art gallery; cast & production credits; and more!
Physical Description:	2 DVDs (88 min. ; 71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-9 ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital stereo ; dual layer.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Original story, Akiyuki Nosaka ; written and directed by, Isao Takahata ; animation director, Yoshifumi Kondo ; art director, Nizo Yamamoto ; producer, Toru Hara ; English translation, Neil Nadelman.
ISBN:	1586642022 9781586642020
Participant or Performer:	Japanese voices: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi; English voices: J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones.
Language:	Includes English dubbed and Japanese versions and English subtitles.