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title: "Grave of the Fireflies: cast and crew"
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cast: 18
crew: 51
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# Grave of the Fireflies (1988): cast and crew

18 cast and 51 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Tsutomu Tatsumi](https://film.one/person/tsutomu-tatsumi.md) as Seita (voice)
- [Ayano Shiraishi](https://film.one/person/ayano-shiraishi.md) as Setsuko (voice)
- [Yoshiko Shinohara](https://film.one/person/yoshiko-shinohara.md) as Mother (voice)
- [Akemi Yamaguchi](https://film.one/person/akemi-yamaguchi.md) as Auntie (voice)
- [Masayo Sakai](https://film.one/person/masayo-sakai.md) as Woman who takes care of Setsuko (voice)
- [Kozo Hashida](https://film.one/person/kozo-hashida.md) as Obayashi Chairman (voice)
- [Kazumi Nozaki](https://film.one/person/kazumi-nozaki.md) as Cousin (voice)
- [Yoshio Matsuoka](https://film.one/person/yoshio-matsuoka.md) as Gosaku (voice)
- [Masahiro Kanetake](https://film.one/person/masahiro-kanetake.md) as Aunt's House Guest (voice)
- [Kiyoshi Yanagawa](https://film.one/person/kiyoshi-yanagawa.md) as Patrolman (voice)
- [Hajime Maki](https://film.one/person/hajime-maki.md) as Man who arrests Seita (voice)
- [Atsuo Omotem](https://film.one/person/atsuo-omotem.md) 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)

## Directing

- [Isao Takahata](https://film.one/person/isao-takahata.md): Director
- Yoshiyuki Momose: Layout

## Writing

- [Isao Takahata](https://film.one/person/isao-takahata.md): Screenplay
- Akiyuki Nosaka: Short Story

## Production

- [Tooru Hara](https://film.one/person/tooru-hara.md): Producer
- Tomoaki Nishigiri: Production Assistant

## Camera

- [Nobuo Koyama](https://film.one/person/nobuo-koyama.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Takeshi Seyama](https://film.one/person/takeshi-seyama.md): Editor
- Hiroshi Adachi: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Michio Mamiya](https://film.one/person/michio-mamiya.md): Original Music Composer
- Michihiro Itou: Sound Effects
- Yasuo Uragami: Sound Director
- Noriyoshi Ohira: Sound Effects
- Hisanori Oshiro: Sound Mixer

## Art

- Nizou Yamamoto: Art Direction
- Kazu Hisamura: Assistant Art Director
- Toru Hishiyama: Background Designer
- Mutsuo Koseki: Background Designer
- Shuichi Hirata: Background Designer
- Noriko Higuchi: Background Designer
- Seiki Tamura: Background Designer
- Yoshinari Kanebako: Background Designer
- Yoji Nakaza: Background Designer
- Fukiko Hashizume: Background Designer
- Eiko Sudo: Background Designer
- Eiji Hirakawa: Background Designer
- Junko Ina: Background Designer

## Visual effects

- Naoyuki Taniguchi: Compositing Artist
- Toshitsugu Saida: Key Animation
- Noboru Takano: Key Animation
- Atsuko Otani: Key Animation
- Kitaro Kosaka: Key Animation
- Hideo Kawauchi: Key Animation
- Iku Ishiguro: Key Animation
- Yasuomi Umetsu: Key Animation
- Megumi Kagawa: Key Animation
- [Hideaki Anno](https://film.one/person/hideaki-anno.md): Key Animation
- Reiko Okuyama: Key Animation
- Kuniyuki Ishii: Key Animation
- Akio Sakai: Key Animation
- Yukiyoshi Hane: Key Animation
- Noriko Ozeki: Key Animation
- Shojuro Yamauchi: Key Animation
- Noriko Moritomo: Key Animation
- Michiyo Sakurai: Key Animation
- Yoshifumi Kondo: Animation Director, Character Designer
- Michiyo Yasuda: Color Designer
- Yoshiji Kigami: Key Animation
- Toshiyasu Okada: Key Animation

## Crew

- Neil Nadelman: Translator
- Kaoru Tanifuji: Special Effects

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