Grave of the fireflies Hotaru no haka

Takahata, Isao. (Added Author). Nosaka, Akiyuki, 1930- Hotaru no haka. (Added Author). Kondō, Yoshifumi. (Added Author). Yamamoto, Nizo. (Added Author). Nadelman, Neil. (Added Author). Hara, Tōru, 1935- (Added Author). Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha. (Added Author). Central Park Media (Firm) (Added Author).

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

Record details

ISBN: 1586642022
Physical Description: videorecording]
videodisc
2 DVD-videos (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Anamorphic widescreen ed.
Publisher: New York : Central Park Media, [2002]

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988 in Japan and in an English version in 1992. Based on the novel by Akiyuki Nosaka. Title from disc label. Special features: alternate angle storyboards; trailers; 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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Original story, Akiyuki Nosaka ; animation director, Yoshifumi Kondo ; art director, Nizo Yamamoto ; producer, Toru Hara ; English translation, Neil Nadelman.
Participant or Performer Note:	Japanese voices: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi. English voices: J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones.
System Details Note:	DVD; anamorphic widescreen; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Licensed for: home, classroom, library, ILL.
Language Note:	Japanese or dubbed English language tracks; English subtitles.