Hotaru no haka
Subtitle: Grave of the fireflies
By: Bandai ... [et al.] ; producer, Toru Hara ; written and directed by Isao Takahata ; English language version producer, Stephanie Shalofsky ; translation, Neil Nadelman
Contributors: Tatsumi, Tsutomu; Shiraishi, Ayano; Spencer, J. Robert; Chrosite, Rhoda; Mamiya, Michio, 1929-; Nosaka, Akiyuki, 1930-2015
Edition: High definition.
Publisher: Sentai Filmworks
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Houston, Tex.]
Language: jpn
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 89
Subjects: Drama; Orphans; Film adaptations; Brothers and sisters; World War, 1939-1945
Other titles: Grave of the fireflies
Description: Explores the aftermath of World War II bombing in Japan through the eyes of two orphaned children as they struggle to survive.
Notes: Based on the novel Hotaru no haka by Akiyuki Nosaka.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.

Features: storyboards, deleted scenes storyboards, Japanese theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Nobuo Koyama ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; music, Michio Mamiya ; production design, Ryoichi Sato.

Japanese voices: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi ; English voices: J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones.

Rating: TV-PG.

Blu-ray disc, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0.

This is a Blu-ray disc which can only be played on Blu-ray disc players and will not play on standard DVD players.

For private home use only.

In Japanese or English with optional English subtitles.