Grave of the Fireflies

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Stereo - Japanese
• Stereo - English

Additional Release Material:

• Production Interview - 1. Akiyuki Nosaka - Author
                                  2. Roger Ebert - Critic
• Audio Commentary - 1. Professor Theodore F. Cook, Professor Haruko Taya Cook
• Documentary - 1. Video Restoration
• Trailers
• Film-to-Storyboard Comparison

Interactive Features:

• Scene Access
• Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Biographies - 1. Isao Takahata - Director

DVD-ROM Features:

• Script
• Additional Storyboards
• Art Gallery
• Cast & Production Credits

Product Description:

In post-World War II Japan, a janitor finds a deathly ill boy lying beside a metal candy container. The janitor unwittingly tosses the possession into the night, beginning a most unusual tale of survival set amid the atrocities of war in the Animé GRAVE OF FIREFLIES. Brother and sister Seita and Setsuko, ages 14 and 4, flee their disheveled home and deceased parents to make their bid for a new life. Before American troops begin to occupy their country, the children resort to dwelling in an abandoned bomb shelter in the countryside. Though these siblings later get a sense of safety, they realize necessities such as food and water will not be easy to come by.

Plot Keywords:

Adventure | Anime / Japanimation | Childrens | Drama | Drama (General) | Horror | Japanimation (Anime) | Non-U.S. Theatrical Release | World War II

Cast and Crew: