Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Hotaru no haka (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 29min
- Animation, Drama
- 26 Jul 1989 (USA)
- Movie
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
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Awards:
- 3 wins.
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Tsutomu Tatsumi | ... |
Seita (voice)
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Ayano Shiraishi | ... |
Setsuko (voice)
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Yoshiko Shinohara | ... |
Mother (voice)
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Akemi Yamaguchi | ... |
Aunt (voice)
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Kôzô Hashida | ... |
Obayashi Chairman (voice)
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Masayo Sakai | ... |
Woman who takes care of Setsuko (voice)
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Kazumi Nozaki | ... |
Cousin (voice)
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Yoshio Matsuoka | ... |
Gosaku (voice)
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Masahiro Kanetake | ... |
Aunt's house guest (voice)
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Kiyoshi Yanagawa | ... |
Patrolman (voice)
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Hajime Maki | ... |
Man who arrests Seita (voice)
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Atsuo Omote | ... |
Person in bank (voice)
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Teruhisa Harita | ... |
Station worker (voice)
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Hiroshi Tanaka | ... |
Person in bank (voice)
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Michio Denpô | ... |
Station worker / Doctor (voice)
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Shirô Tamaki | ... |
Person in bank (voice)
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Tadashi Nakamura | ... |
(voice)
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Mika Sekita | ... |
Nurse (voice)
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Mariko Miyamoto | ... |
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Atsushi Matsumoto | ... |
Kid with fishing tackle (voice)
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Haruko Matsuda | ... |
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Keiko Ueda | ... |
(voice)
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Kazuhiko Takeoka | ... |
Kid with fishing tackle (voice)
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Kiyomi Ajisaka | ... |
Person in bank (voice)
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Makio Ueno | ... |
Kid with fishing tackle (voice)
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Toyokazu Hiramatsu | ... |
Kid with fishing tackle (voice)
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Kyôko Moriwaki | ... |
(voice)
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Takashi Shimatani | ... |
Kid with fishing tackle (voice)
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Ryûji Sanada | ... |
Kid with fishing tackle (voice)
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Tamotsu Kuni | ... |
(voice)
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Haruo Kaji | ... |
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Toshiko Ama | ... |
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Makoto Kobayashi | ... |
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Ken'ichi Sawada | ... |
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Ikuo Kokubu | ... |
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Yûsuke Yokoyama | ... |
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Yoshinaga Fusamoto | ... |
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Kôshirô Tanimoto | ... |
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Masato Moriya | ... |
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Tetsurô Nakayama | ... |
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Naoki Fujita | ... |
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Masafumi Jôno | ... |
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Tsukasa Ban | ... |
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Makiko Kinoshita | ... |
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Senkoku Yukuhara | ... |
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Yûko Kurokawa | ... |
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Mayumi Kawaguchi | ... |
(voice)
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J. Robert Spencer | ... |
Seita (Central Park Media dub) (voice)
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Corinne Orr | ... |
Setsuko (Central Park Media dub) (voice)
(as Rhoda Chrosite)
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Amy Jones | ... |
Aunt (Central Park Media dub) (voice)
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Veronica Taylor | ... |
Mother (Central Park Media dub) (voice)
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Nick Sullivan | ... |
Additional Voices (Central Park Media dub) (voice)
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Shannon Conley | ... |
Additional Voices (Central Park Media dub) (voice)
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Crispin Freeman | ... |
Doctors / Old Man (Central Park Media dub) (voice)
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George Leaver | ... |
Additional Voices (Central Park Media dub) (voice)
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Dan Green | ... |
Additional Voices (Central Park Media dub) (voice)
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Adam Gibbs | ... |
Seita (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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Emily Neves | ... |
Setsuko (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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Marcy Bannor | ... |
Aunt (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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Shelley Calene-Black | ... |
Mother (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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Luci Christian | ... |
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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Justin Doran | ... |
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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Susan O. Koozin | ... |
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
(as Susan Koozin)
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Andrew Love | ... |
Train Station Worker 1 (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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David Matranga | ... |
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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Rob Mungle | ... |
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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Sam Roman | ... |
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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Blake Shepard | ... |
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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David Wald | ... |
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub) (voice)
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Directed by
Isao Takahata |
Written by
Akiyuki Nosaka | ... | (novel) |
Isao Takahata | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Joey Goubeaud | ... | executive producer: ADV Films |
Tôru Hara | ... | producer (as Toru Hara) |
John Ledford | ... | executive producer: Sentai Filmworks / producer: ADV Films |
John O'Donnell | ... | executive producer: Central Park Media |
Ryôichi Satô | ... | planning producer |
Stephanie Shalofsky | ... | producer: Central Park Media |
Eiichi Takahashi | ... | executive producer: Sentai Filmworks |
Shin'ichirô Ueda | ... | line producer (as Shinichirou Ueda) |
Music by
Michio Mamiya |
Cinematography by
Nobuo Koyama | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Takeshi Seyama |
Editorial Department
Hiroshi Adachi | ... | assistant editor |
Art Direction by
Nizô Yamamoto | ... | (as Nizou Yamamoto) |
Production Management
Shin'ichirô Ueda | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Norihiko Sutô | ... | assistant director (as Norihiko Sudo) |
Art Department
Katsu Hisamura | ... | assistant art director |
Michiyo Yasuda | ... | color key |
Sound Department
Christopher Bourque | ... | mixing: Sentai Filmworks dub (as Lash Bourque) / sound designer: Sentai Filmworks dub (as Lash Bourque) |
Bill Donnelly | ... | mix engineer: english version |
Michihiro Itô | ... | sound effects editor: &M Planning Center |
Yasuo Urakami | ... | sound director (as Yasuo Uragami) |
Kiyoshi Ôhira | ... | sound effects (as Noriyoshi Oohira) |
Hisanori Ôshiro | ... | sound mixer |
Special Effects by
Kaoru Tanifuji | ... | special effects (as Kunji Tanifuji) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Masashi Abe | ... | camera operator: Lucky More |
Akitarô Daichi | ... | camera operator: Lucky More |
Shinji Ito | ... | camera operator: Lucky More |
Atsushi Kageyama | ... | camera operator: Lucky More |
Hideo Okazaki | ... | camera operator: Lucky More |
Tsugio Ozawa | ... | camera operator: Lucky More (as Tsuguo Ozawa) |
Naoyuki Taniguchi | ... | camera operator: Lucky More |
Animation Department
Homi Abe | ... | cel painter |
Hideaki Anno | ... | key animator |
Toshie Aoki | ... | cel painter |
Reiko Aonuma | ... | cel painter |
Mieko Asai | ... | cel painter |
Tsutomu Awada | ... | inbetween artist (as Tsutomu Awata) |
Manami Beppu | ... | cel painter |
Yumi Enozawa | ... | inbetween artist |
Mayumi Fujimoto | ... | inbetween artist |
Tazuko Fukutsuchi | ... | inbetween artist |
Hideaki Furusawa | ... | inbetween artist |
Yumi Furuya | ... | cel painter |
Yukiyoshi Hane | ... | key animator (as Yoshiyuki Hane) |
Kasumi Hara | ... | inbetween artist |
Tokuko Harada | ... | cel painter |
Fukiko Hashizume | ... | background artist |
Yumi Hattori | ... | cel painter |
Shizuko Hirai | ... | cel painter |
Eiji Hirakawa | ... | background artist |
Kazue Hiranuma | ... | cel painter |
Eiichirô Hirata | ... | inbetween artist |
Shûichi Hirata | ... | background artist |
Tôru Hishiyama | ... | background artist (as Toru Hishiyama) |
Matsuko Horii | ... | cel painter |
Hiroyuki Horiuchi | ... | inbetween artist |
Akemi Hosoya | ... | cel painter |
Yumiko Ichihara | ... | cel painter |
Junko Igarashi | ... | cel painter |
Nobuko Igarashi | ... | cel painter |
Takuya Iinuma | ... | inbetween artist |
Junko Ina | ... | background artist |
Hiroshi Inada | ... | inbetween artist |
Atsushi Irie | ... | inbetween artist |
Junko Isaka | ... | inbetween artist |
Michiyo Iseda | ... | cel painter |
Kimie Ishida | ... | cel painter |
Megumu Ishiguro | ... | key animator (as Iku Ishiguro) |
Kuniyuki Ishii | ... | key animator |
Norichika Iwakiri | ... | cel painter |
Megumi Kagawa | ... | key animator |
Hitoshi Kagiyama | ... | inbetween artist |
Yoshimi Kanbara | ... | inbetween artist |
Yoshinari Kanebako | ... | background artist |
Masashi Kaneko | ... | inbetween artist |
Yuriko Kashiwakura | ... | cel checker |
Yûichi Katayama | ... | inbetween artist |
Yumi Kawachi | ... | inbetween artist |
Yoshie Kawahashi | ... | inbetween artist |
Hideo Kawauchi | ... | key animator |
Yoko Kida | ... | inbetween artist |
Yoshiji Kigami | ... | key animator (as Masuji Kigami) |
Yoshifumi Kondô | ... | animation director / character designer |
Mutsuo Koseki | ... | background artist |
Hiromi Kosuda | ... | inbetween artist |
Tsutomu Kosuga | ... | cel painter |
Takiko Kubota | ... | cel painter |
Kitarô Kôsaka | ... | key animator (as Kitaro Kosaka) |
Chieko Machida | ... | cel painter |
Harumi Machii | ... | cel painter |
Takao Maki | ... | inbetween artist |
Yukiko Matsushita | ... | cel painter |
Haremi Miyagawa | ... | cel painter |
Yoshiyuki Momose | ... | assistant animation director / layout |
Noriko Moritomo | ... | key animator |
Akemi Motohashi | ... | inbetween artist |
Midori Nagaoka | ... | inbetween artist |
Ikue Nakayama | ... | cel painter |
Yôji Nakaza | ... | background artist |
Reiko Nanami | ... | cel painter |
Tatsuji Narita | ... | inbetween artist |
Sumie Nishido | ... | inbetween artist |
Michiko Nishimaki | ... | cel painter |
Eiichiro Nishiyama | ... | inbetween artist |
Hiroshi Ogawa | ... | key animator |
Noriko Ogawa | ... | cel checker |
Yûko Ogawa | ... | inbetween artist |
Toshiyasu Okada | ... | key animator |
Reiko Okuyama | ... | key animator |
Hisako Sagara | ... | cel painter |
Toshitsugu Saida | ... | key animator (as Shunji Saida) |
Eiko Saitô | ... | cel painter |
Fumiko Saitô | ... | cel painter |
Yuriko Saitô | ... | inbetween artist |
Akio Sakai | ... | key animator |
Keiko Sakuma | ... | inbetween artist |
Taeko Sakuma | ... | cel painter |
Yoshimi Sakuma | ... | cel painter |
Michiyo Sakurai | ... | key animator |
Nobuko Sano | ... | cel painter |
Aya Satô | ... | inbetween artist |
Nobuko Satô | ... | inbetween artist (as Nobuko Sato) |
Michiko Shibata | ... | cel painter |
Shirô Shibata | ... | inbetween artist |
Kazue Shiki | ... | cel painter |
Chieko Shiobara | ... | inbetween artist |
Yukitaka Shishikai | ... | cel painter |
Eiko Sudô | ... | background artist |
Mayumi Suzuki | ... | inbetween artist |
Toshiko Tahara | ... | cel painter |
Yûki Takagi | ... | cel painter |
Naomi Takahashi | ... | cel painter |
Ako Takano | ... | inbetween artist |
Noboru Takano | ... | key animator |
Yoshiko Takasago | ... | cel painter |
Noriko Takaya | ... | background artist (as Noriko Higuchi) |
Tomoko Takei | ... | inbetween artist |
Seiki Tamura | ... | background artist |
Osamu Tanabe | ... | inbetween artist |
Nobuko Tanaka | ... | cel painter |
Seiji Tanda | ... | inbetween artist (as Seiji Handa) |
Shin'ichi Toyonaga | ... | cel painter (as Shinichi Toyonaga) |
Shigeto Tsuji | ... | inbetween artist |
Yasuomi Umetsu | ... | key animator |
Mayumi Watabe | ... | cel painter |
Nobuko Watanabe | ... | cel painter |
Midori Yamada | ... | inbetween artist |
Yasuko Yamaguchi | ... | cel painter |
Shôjurô Yamauchi | ... | key animator |
Natsuyo Yasuda | ... | assistant animation director |
Rie Yasui | ... | cel painter |
Fujino Yonei | ... | cel painter |
Sachiko Yoneyama | ... | inbetween artist |
Junko Yoshikawa | ... | cel painter |
Takao Yoshikawa | ... | cel painter |
Hiroyuki Yoshimura | ... | inbetween artist |
Takao Yoshino | ... | inbetween artist |
Emiko Ôno | ... | cel painter |
Tokihiko Ôta | ... | inbetween artist |
Kyôko Ôtake | ... | cel painter (as Kyooko Ootake) |
Atsuko Ôtani | ... | key animator |
Masahiko Ôuchi | ... | inbetween artist |
Noriko Ôzeki | ... | key animator |
Additional Crew
Tadahiko Arai | ... | production committee |
Peter Bavaro | ... | adr producer: English version: Cental Park Media release |
Steven Foster | ... | adr director: English version - Sentai Filmworks release |
Kunioki Hatsumi | ... | production committee |
Atsushi Kamimura | ... | production assistant |
Kayla King | ... | production assistant: Sentai re-release |
Masanori Michiie | ... | technical assistant: Stack |
Goro Morita | ... | production assistant |
Mamoru Murao | ... | technical assistant: Jôsai Duplo |
Takuo Murase | ... | production committee |
Neil Nadelman | ... | translator: english version: Cental Park Media release |
Tomoaki Nishikiri | ... | production assistant |
Hiroshi Nitta | ... | production committee |
Naoyuki Oshikiri | ... | production desk |
Yoshirô Saitô | ... | technical assistant: Stack |
Tony Salerno | ... | dubbing supervisor (Cental Park Media release) (as Anthony Salerno) |
Kenji Sasaki | ... | production committee |
Shun'ichi Satô | ... | production committee |
Takanobu Satô | ... | production committee |
Shizuka Shibata | ... | production committee |
Fumihiko Shimo | ... | production assistant |
Yoshiko Tagami | ... | titles |
Hideo Takagu | ... | titles |
Chiyoshi Tanaka | ... | production assistant |
Eric Thomann | ... | coordinator |
Tim Werenko | ... | production manager |
David Williams | ... | dvd producer: blu-ray authoring: Sentai Filmworks release / dvd producer: dvd authoring: Sentai Filmworks release |
Kenjirô Yagi | ... | production committee |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Toho Company (1988) (Japan) (theatrical) (as Tôhô)
- Edko Films (1989) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Film fra Sør Distribusjon (2014) (Norway) (theatrical)
- GKIDS (2013) (United States) (theatrical)
- Hoyts Distribution (1990) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Les Films du Paradoxe (1996) (France) (theatrical)
- ADV Films (2009) (United States) (DVD)
- Blessed Filmes (2024) (Brazil)
- Central Park Media (1993) (United States) (video)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (Internet)
- International Channel (United States) (tv)
- JONU Media (2003) (Spain) (DVD)
- NRK2 (2010) (Norway) (tv)
- Nippon Television Network (NTV) (1989) (Japan) (tv)
- Selecta Visión (2008) (Spain)
- Selecta Visión (2012) (Portugal)
- Sentai Filmworks (2012) (United States)
- Star Media Entertainment (2006) (Norway) (DVD)
- StudioCanal Films (2004) (United Kingdom)
- Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. (2002) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
- Versátil Home Vídeo (2015) (Brazil) (Blu-ray)
- Versátil Home Vídeo (2015) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (video) (Perfect Keepsake Edition)
- Warner Home Video (2000) (Japan) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- APU Studio (sound recording studio)
- Audio Planning U (post-production sound services)
- Nippon Television Network (NTV) (funding)
- Seraphim Digital (sound re-recording)
- Studio Angel (cooperation)
- Tokyo Laboratory Co. Ltd. (film processing)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
The story of Seita and Setsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival. Written by Kyle Perez |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $3,700,000 (estimated) |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $25,220,794 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | This film was initially distributed with My Neighbor Totoro (1988) because it was the only way that Miyazaki could have been able to make "Totoro." The reason being that the original film pitch for that film was rejected, so they pitched a double feature with "Grave of the Fireflies," and the project was eventually backed financially by the original writer of the book on which "Grave" is based. It often was overlooked as a film because whenever "Totoro" was screened first, people were left happy and did not wish to be saddened by "Grave" afterward. See more » |
Goofs | Right at the beginning, someone places what looks like a rice ball loosely wrapped in some tree bark as a protective cover next to the boy known as Seita. The scene cuts to Seita's face and soon after he collapses, the wrapped rice ball is nowhere to be seen. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in True Crime/Ravenous/The King and I/Forces of Nature/The Harmonists (1999). See more » |
Soundtracks | Home Sweet Home See more » |
Quotes |
[first lines]
Seita: September 21, 1945... that was the night I died. See more » |