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Grave of the FirefliesFollow

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

Why do fireflies have to die so soon?

Box office summary

Worldwide total
$786K
$786K international

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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