On 21 September 1945, shortly after the end of World War II, a teenage boy, Seita, dies of starvation in a Kobe train station. A janitor sorts through his possessions and finds a candy tin, which he throws into a field. The spirit of Seita's younger sister, Setsuko, springs from the tin and is joined by Seita's spirit and a cloud of fireflies. They board a train. Read more on Wikipedia.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Animation, Drama, War |
Country: | Japan |
Produced By: | David Del Rio, Toru Hara, Shinichirou Ueda, John Ledford, RyÔIchi SatÔ, Eiichi Takahashi |
Directed By: | Isao Takahata |
Written By: | Akiyuki Nosaka, Isao Takahata |
Cast: | Amy Jones, George Leaver, Shannon Conley, Yoshiko Shinohara, J. Robert Spencer, Corinne Orr, Dan Green, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Veronica Taylor, Nick Sullivan, Crispin Freeman, Tsutomu Tatsumi |
In Theaters: | Apr 16, 1988 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 29 minutes |
Production: | Shinchosha Company, Studio Ghibli |
Available On: | Itunes, Vudu |