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Grave of the fireflies

DVD

2012

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Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	Hotaru no haka (Motion picture)
Title:	Grave of the fireflies [videorecording] / Shinchosha presents a Studio Ghibli production ; producer, Toru Hara ; written and directed by Isao Takahata.
Edition:	Remastered ed.
Publisher, Date:	[United States] : Sentai Filmworks, [2012]
Description:	1 videodisc (ca. 89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Target Audience Note:	TV PG; CHV rating: PG.
Subjects:	World War (1939-1945) Brothers and sisters -- Drama. World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Aerial operations -- Drama. Feature films. Animated films. War films. Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Drama.
Other Author:	Hara, Tōru, 1935- Takahata, Isao. Yamamoto, Nizo. Mamiya, Michio, 1929-2024 Tatsumi, Tsutomu. Shiraishi, Ayano. Yamaguchi, Akemi. Spencer, J. Robert. Chrosite, Rhoda. Taylor, Veronica, 1965- Nosaka, Akiyuki, 1930- Hotaru no haka. Shinchōsha. Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha. Sentai Filmworks (Firm)
Notes:	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. Photography, Nobuo Koyama ; art director, Nizo Yamamoto ; music, Michio Mamiya ; executive producer, Ryoichi Sato. Japanese voice cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi. English voice cast: J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones. DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen; Dolby Digital 2.0. English or Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
ISBN:	9781616151898 1616151897 9781616151898 : DVD 1616151897 : DVD
Publisher Number:	SF-GFF001
Other Number:	885206504
System Availability:	6
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	6
Control Number:	433562
# Local items in:	2
# System items in:	2
Call Number:	DVD ANIME Grave of
Medium:	[videorecording]

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