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Grave of the FirefliesFollow

1988 • Not Rated • 1h 29m • Drama • GKIDS

Why do fireflies have to die so soon?

🍅 100% 95% LB 4.48 IMDb 8.5

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Worldwide total
$786K
$786K international
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Cast & crew

Directed byIsao Takahata Written byIsao Takahata Produced byToru Hara CinematographyNobuo Koyama Music byMichio Mamiya StarringTsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi StudioGKIDS

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