| Edition |
Widescreen edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (88 min. ; 71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Collector's series |
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Collector's series (Central Park Media (Firm))
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988 in Japan and in an English version in 1992. |
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Based on the novel by Akiyuki Nosaka. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| 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. |
| Note |
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! |
| Contents |
Special features: Disc 1. Alternate angle storyboards, trailers; Disc 2. Interviews with director, author and film critic Roger Ebert, director biography, historical perspective commentary by professors Theodore and Haruko Taya Cook, video restoration documentary, bonus storyboards, trailers, original Japanese theatrical trailer, art gallery, U.S. trailer; DVD-ROM features weblink to script, additional storyboards, art gallery and cast and production credits. |
| Performer |
Japanese voices: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi; English voices: J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones. |
| Language |
Includes English dubbed and Japanese versions and English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi -- Drama.
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| Indexed Term |
Dainiji Sekai Taisen, 1939-1945 Nihon Kōbe Dorama |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Animated films.
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| Added Author |
Takahata, Isao.
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Nosaka, Akiyuki, 1930-2015.
Hotaru no haka.
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Kondō, Yoshifumi.
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Yamamoto, Nizo.
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Hara, Tōru, 1935-
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Nadelman, Neil.
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Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Central Park Media (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Grave of the fireflies |
| ISBN |
1586642022 |
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9781586642020 |
| Standard No. |
719987220621 |
| Music No. |
CPMD2206 Central Park Media |
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