Title:
Grave of the fireflies = Hotaru no haka / Studio Ghibli ; written and directed by Isao Takahata.
ISBN:
9781586642020
Edition:
Widescreen ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Central Park Media, [2002]
©1988
Physical Description:
1 or 2 videodiscs (88 min. ; 71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Studio Ghibli
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!
Special features and enhancements may vary by copy.
DVD.
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.
Geographic Term:
Language Note:
Includes English dubbed and Japanese versions and English subtitles.
Audience:
Not rated.
Series Title:
Performer:
Japanese voices: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi; English voices: J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones.
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.
OCLC Number:
ocm50726329
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
