| Edition |
Special 2 disc set. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; Dolby digital, widescreen (16:9). |
| Note |
Original story by Akiyuki Nosaka. |
| Performer |
Japanese voice cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi. |
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English voice cast: J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones. |
| Note |
Release date: Jul. 7, 2009. |
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Original Japanese version produced in 1988. |
| Audience |
Rating: TV PG. |
| Summary |
After their house is firebombed and family killed during WWII, two young Japanese children fight for survival, struggling to find food and shelter. |
| Contents |
[Disc 1]. Main feature -- [Disc 2]. Bonus special features. |
| Note |
Special features: Interviews with director, Isao Takahata and author Akiyuki Nosaka; interview with Roger Ebert; author biography; director biography; commentary by professors Theodore F. Cook and Haruko Taya Cook; video restoration documentary; alternate angle storyboards for entire feature; bonus storyboards; trailers; original Japanese trailer; U.S. trailer. |
| Language |
English (2.0) or Japanese (2.0) dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Drama.
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Orphans -- Japan -- Drama.
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Siblings -- Japan -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Feature films.
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Animated films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Takahata, Isao. Screenwriter. Director.
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Kondō, Yoshifumi. Animator.
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Hara, Tōru, 1935- Producer.
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Nosaka, Akiyuki, 1930-2015.
Hotaru no haka.
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A.D.V. Films (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781413905274 |
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1413905277 |
| Standard No. |
702727206825 |
| Music No. |
DGFF/001 A.D. Vision |
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