Hotaru no haka [videorecording] = Grave of the fireflies / Bandai presents ; Emotion ; Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha ; [producer, Toru Hara ; written & directed by Isao Takahata].

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
  • English
  • Japanese
Εdition
Widescreen format.
Published/​Created
New York : Central Park Media, [2002]
Description
2 videodiscs (88 min. ; 71 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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Summary note
Two orphans in war-time Kobe, Japan, face fire-bombs, hunger, homelessness, and despair as the war and their lives come to an end.
Notes
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988 in Japan and in an English version in 1992.
  • Based on the novel by Akiyuki Nosaka.
  • Dual-layer format.
  • Special features include 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, art gallery. DVD-ROM features: script, additional storyboards, art gallery, cast & production credits.
Creation/​Production credits
Animation director, Yoshifumi Kondo ; art director, Nizo Yamamoto ; executive producer of English version, John O'Donnell ; English translation, Neil Nadelman ; director of photography, Nobuo Koyama ; music, Michio Mamiya.
Target audience
Not rated by MPAA.
System details
DVD.
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Voices in Japanese version, Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi ; voices in English version, J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones.
Language note
Japanese and English language soundtracks (Dolby digital stereo) with optional English subtitles.
Other title(s)
Grave of the fireflies
ISBN
1586642022
Publisher no.
CPMD2206
OCLC
1043515494
Universal Product Code
  • 719987220621
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