Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Isao Takahata.

Cast

• Tsutomu Tatsumi as Seita (voice)
• Ayano Shiraishi as Setsuko (voice)
• Yoshiko Shinohara as Mother (voice)
• Akemi Yamaguchi as Auntie (voice)
• Masayo Sakai as Woman who takes care of Setsuko (voice)
• Kozo Hashida as Obayashi Chairman (voice)
• Kazumi Nozaki as Cousin (voice)
• Yoshio Matsuoka as Gosaku (voice)
• Masahiro Kanetake as Aunt's House Guest (voice)
• Kiyoshi Yanagawa as Patrolman (voice)
• Hajime Maki as Man who arrests Seita (voice)
• Atsuo Omotem as Person in Bank (voice)
• Teruhisa Harita as Station Worker (voice)
• Hiroshi Tanaka as Person in Bank (voice)
• Michio Denpo as Station Worker / Doctor (voice)
• Shiro Tamaki as Person in Bank (voice)
• Mika Sekita as Nurse (voice)
• Kyoko Moriwaki as (voice)

Crew

• Isao Takahata — Screenplay
• Isao Takahata — Director
• Nobuo Koyama — Director of Photography
• Michio Mamiya — Original Music Composer
• Tooru Hara — Producer

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