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Grave of the Fireflies (movie)

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©1988 Akiyuki Nosaka/Shinchosha Co.

Alternative title:
Die letzten Glühwürmchen (German)
Eldflugornas grav (Swedish)
Graf van de Vuurvliegjes (Dutch)
Grobowiec świetlików (Polish)
Hotaru no Haka (Japanese)
La tomba delle lucciole (Italian)
La Tumba de las Luciernagas (Spanish)
Le tombeau des lucioles (French)
O Túmulo dos Pirilampos (Portuguese)
Túmulo dos Vaga-lumes (Portuguese)
Una Tomba Per Le Lucciole (Italian)
Могила светлячков (Russian)
قبر اليراعات (Arabic)
火垂るの墓 (Japanese)
螢火蟲之墓 (Chinese (Taiwan))
반딧불의 묘 (Korean)
Genres: drama
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the losing end of the war.
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User Ratings: 4682 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2140 votes (sub:1449, dub:522, ?:26, raw:23, edit.dub:4, others:116
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10 Spanish dubbed
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 Excellent: 1036 votes (sub:721, dub:246, ?:18, raw:9, edit.dub:3, others:39
8 Spanish subtitled
5 Italian dubbed
4 Spanish dubbed
4 Russian subtitled
4 French subtitled
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 Very good: 655 votes (sub:422, dub:192, ?:12, raw:4, others:25
6 Portuguese subtitled
5 Spanish subtitled
4 Italian dubbed
3 French subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
2 French dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Mandarin edited dub
1 Polish subtitled
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 Good: 394 votes (sub:248, dub:127, ?:3, raw:1, others:15
2 Italian dubbed
2 Russian dubbed
2 Spanish dubbed
2 German dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
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 Decent: 166 votes (sub:113, dub:47, ?:3, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
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 So-so: 108 votes (sub:79, dub:24, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:3
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 Not really good: 53 votes (sub:39, dub:12, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
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 Weak: 51 votes (sub:36, dub:15)
 Bad: 29 votes (sub:16, dub:11, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
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 Awful: 14 votes (sub:8, dub:4, others:2
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
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 Worst ever: 36 votes (sub:27, dub:9)
Seen in part or in whole by 7073 users, rank: #86 (of 9880)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.692 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.822, rank: #104 (of 10018)
Weighted mean: 8.651 (Excellent−), rank: #106 (of 10018) (seen all: 8.67 / seen some: 7.00 / won't finish: 5.04)
Bayesian estimate: 8.648 (Excellent−), rank: #29 (of 7559)
Running time: 88 minutes
Vintage:
1988-04-11
1996-06-19 (France)
2007-05-15 (Mira 5tv Zapotlan el grande, Mexico)
2017-07-20 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Premiere date:
1988-04-16 (Japan, released as a double bill with My Neighbor Totoro)
2000-11-05 (Indonesia, Jakarta International Film Festival)
2002-12-14 (Czech Republic, Olomouc Animation Film Festival)
Release dates: We have 25
Opening Theme:
"Setsuko and Seita" by Michio Mamiya
Ending Theme:
"Futari" by Michio Mamiya
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 8
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
Comment:
Based on the partially-autobiographical book of the same title by Akiyuki Nosaka. The novel won the Naoki Award for literary achievement.
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Grave of the Fireflies - Remastered Edition (Blu-ray) 2012-11-20 (from $179.99)
    Grave of the Fireflies - [SteelBook] (Blu-ray) 2020-02-11
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Grave of the Fireflies [UK] (Blu-ray + DVD) 2013-05-27
DVD (Region 1)
    Grave of the Fireflies (DVD) 1998-10-07 (from $53.90)
    Grave of the Fireflies - [Collector's Series] (DVD) 2002-10-08 (from $117.99)
    Grave of the Fireflies (DVD) 2004-12-07 (from $114.99)
    Grave of the Fireflies (DVD) 2009-07-07
    Grave of the Fireflies - [Remastered Edition] (DVD) 2012-03-06 (from $44.80)
DVD (Region 2)
    Grave of the Fireflies (DVD) 2004-08-23
    Grave of the Fireflies (DVD) 2007-07-23
LaserDisc
    Grave of the Fireflies [Widescreen Edition] [Sub] (LD) 1993-08-18

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Isao Takahata
Screenplay: Isao Takahata
Storyboard: Yoshiyuki Momose
Music: Michio Mamiya
Character Design: Yoshifumi Kondō
Art Director: Nizo Yamamoto
Animation Director: Yoshifumi Kondō
Original Novel: Akiyuki Nosaka
Sound Director: Yasuo Uragami
Director of Photography: Nobuo Koyama
Executive producer: Ryoichi Sato
Producer: Tōru Hara

Additional Music: Masahiko Satoh
Animation Check:
Eiko Yabuki
Naoshi Ozawa
Assistant Animation Director:
Natsuyo Yasuda
Yoshiyuki Momose
Assistant Art Director: Katsu Hisamura
Assistant Director: Norihiko Sudo
Background Art:
Eiji Hirakawa
Eiko Sudō
Fukiko Hashizume
Junko Ina
Mutsuo Koseki
Noriko Higuchi
Seiki Tamura
Shūichi Hirata
Tōru Hishiyama
Yōji Nakaza
Yoshinari Kinbako
Camera:
Akitarō Daichi
Atsushi Kageyama
Hideo Okazaki
Masashi Abe
Naoyuki Taniguchi
Shinji Itō
Tsuguo Ozawa
Color design: Michiyo Yasuda
Dolby Stereo Consultant: Mikio Mori
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Editing Assistant: Hiroshi Adachi
Finish Animation:
Akemi Hosoya
Chieko Machida
Etsuko Ohno
Fujino Yonei
Fumiko Saito
Haremi Miyagawa
Harumi Machii
Hideko Sato
Hisako Sagara
Hisako Shitara
Homi Abe
Ikue Nakayama
Junko Igarashi
Junko Yoshikawa
Kazue Hiranuma
Kazue Shiki
Kimie Ishida
Kyōko Ōtake
Manami Beppu
Matsuko Horii
Mayumi Watabe
Michiko Nishimaki
Michiyo Iseda
Mieko Asai
Miwako Shibata
Naomi Takahashi
Nobuko Igarashi
Nobuko Nakata
Nobuko Sano
Nobuko Watanabe
Norichika Iwakiri
Reiko Aonuma
Reiko Nanami
Rie Aoki
Rie Yasui
Shinichi Toyonaga
Shizuko Hirai
Taeko Sakuma
Takao Yoshikawa
Takiko Kubota
Tokuko Harada
Toshiko Tawara
Tsutomu Kosuge
Yasuko Yamaguchi
Yoshiko Takasago
Yoshimi Sakuma
Yuki Takagi
Yukiko Matsushita
Yukitaka Shishikai
Yumi Furuya
Yumi Hattori
Yumiko Ichikawa
Finish Check:
Noriko Ogawa
Yuriko Kashiwakura
In-Between Animation:
Akemi Motohashi
Ako Takano
Atsushi Irie
Aya Satō
Chieko Shiobara
Eiichiro Hirata
Eiichiro Nishiyama
Hideaki Furusawa
Hiromi Kosuda
Hiroshi Inada
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Hiroyuki Kamura
Hitoshi Kagiyama
Junko Isaka
Kasumi Hara
Keiko Sakuma
Masahiko Ōuchi
Masashi Kaneko
Mayumi Fujimoto
Mayumi Suzuki
Midori Nagaoka
Midori Yamada
Nobuko Sato
Osamu Tanabe
Sachiko Yoneyama
Seiji Handa
Shigehito Tsuji
Shirō Shibata
Sumie Nishido
Takao Maki
Takao Yoshino
Takuya Iinuma
Tatsuji Narita
Tazuko Fukutsuchi
Tokihiko Oota
Tomoko Takei
Tsutomu Awada
Yoko Kida
Yoshie Kawahashi
Yoshimi Kanbara
Yuichi Katayama
Yūko Ogawa
Yumi Kawachi
Yuriko Saito
Yuzumi Enosawa
Key Animation:
Akio Sakai
Atsuko Ōtani
Hideaki Anno
Hideo Kawauchi
Hiroshi Ogawa
Iku Ishiguro
Kitarō Kōsaka
Kuniyuki Ishii
Megumi Kagawa
Michiyo Sakurai
Noboru Takano
Noriko Moritomo
Noriko Ōzeki
Reiko Okuyama
Shōjurō Yamauchi
Shunji Saida
Toshiyasu Okada
Yasuomi Umetsu
Yoshiji Kigami
Yukiyoshi Hane
Layout: Yoshiyuki Momose
Line Producer: Shinichirō Ueda
Planning: Ryoichi Sato
Production Committee:
Kenji Sasaki
Kenjirō Yagi
Kunioki Hatsumi
Shizuya Shibata
Shunichi Satō
Tadahiko Arai
Takanobu Sato
Takashi Nitta
Takuo Murase
Production Desk: Naoyuki Oshikiri
Sound Effects:
Michihiro Itō
Noriyoshi Ōhira
Sound Mixing: Hisanori Ōshiro
Special Effects: Kunji Tanifuji
Technical Assistant:
Mamoru Murao (Josai Duplo)
Masanori Michiie (Stack)
Yoshiro Saito (Stack)
Theme Song Performance: Amelita Galli-Curci
Titles:
Hideo Takagu
Yoshiko Tagami
Unit Production Manager:
Atsushi Kamimura
Chiyoshi Tanaka
Fumihiko Shimo
Goro Morita
Tomoaki Nishigiri
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Steven Foster (Sentai dub)
Dubbing Director: Christian Lander (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Translation: Neil Nadelman
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai Filmworks)
Joey Goubeaud (ADV re-release)
John Ledford (ADV re-release; Sentai Filmworks)
John O'Donnell
Toru Iwakami (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

Adapter: Mace Byjak (Dubbing Brothers USA)
ADR Producer: Peter Bavaro
Art Manager: Larry Koteff (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Audio Engineer: Brent Marshall (Sentai dub)
BD Authoring:
David Williams (Sentai re-release)
Joel McCray (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Blu-Ray Menu Design:
Larry Koteff (Sentai re-release; 2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Dubbing Supervision: Anthony Salerno
DVD Authoring:
David Williams (ADV re-release)
Neal Barnes (Sentai re-release)
DVD Coordination: Eric Thomann
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff (ADV re-release)
DVD-ROM:
Joanna Rios
Mike Chin
Tricia Jagroop
Graphics: Larry Koteff (Sentai re-release)
In-House Production: Justin Sevakis
In-House Production Manager: Tim Werenko
Media Coordinator:
Janice Williams (ADV re-release; Sentai re-release)
Mix Engineer: Bill Donnelly
Mixing:
Christopher Bourque (Sentai dub)
David Cobb (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Packaging Design:
Larry Koteff (ADV re-release; Sentai re-release, 2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Product Manager: Pooja Amin (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Janice Williams (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Joey Goubeaud (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Son Phan Le (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Bryson Baugus (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
E.W. Rector, III (Sentai re-release; 2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Jessica Williams (Sentai re-release)
Kayla King (Sentai re-release)
Luke La Padula (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Mariana Valverde (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Ned Gayle (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Ryan Anthony (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Production manager:
Joey Goubeaud (ADV re-release)
Son Phan Le (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Project Manager: Mayuka Aisen (Dubbing Brothers USA)
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Recordist: Jon Young (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Sound Design: Christopher Bourque (Sentai dub)
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones (Sentai re-release)
Subtitle Translation: Chen Li Woon (Netflix)
Subtitling: Neal Barnes (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Supervising Translator: Jennifer Challenger (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai re-release)
Adam Gibbs as Seita (Sentai Filmworks Dub.)
Corinne Orr as Setsuko
Emily Neves as Setsuko (Sentai Filmworks Dub.)
J. Robert Spencer as Seita
Lucas Jaye as Seita (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Luna Hamilton as Setsuko (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Rhoda Chrosite as Setsuko

Amy Jones as Aunt
Marcy Bannor as Aunt (Sentai Filmworks Dub)
Ren Hanami as Aunt (Dubbing Brothers USA)

Andrew Love as Train Station Worker 1 (uncredited)
Anne Yatco as Neighbor (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Crispin Freeman as
Doctors
Old Man
Keisuke Hoashi as Ohbayashi (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Ping Wu as Gosaku (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Shelley Calene-Black as Mother (Sentai Filmworks Dub.)
Veronica Taylor as Mother

Andrew Grace (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Andrew Kishino (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Blake Shepard (Sentai Filmworks Dub.)
Bobby Foley (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Chacha Shen (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Clyde Kusatsu (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Courtney Lin (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Dan Green
David Matranga (Sentai Filmworks Dub.)
David Wald (Sentai Filmworks Dub.)
George Leaver
Jennifer Sun Bell (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Justin Doran (Sentai Filmworks Dub.)
Kana Koinuma (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Luci Christian (Sentai Filmworks Dub.)
Nick Sullivan
Rob Mungle (Sentai Filmworks Dub.)
Samuel Roman (Sentai Filmworks Dub.)
Shannon Conley
Susan Koozin (Sentai Filmworks Dub.)
Susannah Corrington (Dubbing Brothers USA)
Zander Chin (Dubbing Brothers USA)
English companies
ADR Production:
Dubbing Brothers (Netflix Dub)
Skypilot Entertainment
Audio Post Production: Laughing Dog Studios
Broadcaster:
FUNimation Channel
International Channel
Special Broadcasting Service Australia (SBS2)
Turner Classic Movies
Disc Production: Sentai Studios (2020 Sentai BD SteelBook)
Distributor:
GKIDS
Image Entertainment (LaserDisc)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Optimum Releasing (UK)
Section23 Films (North America; 2012)
DVD Premastering & Menu Design: Resolution
DVD Production: Amusement Park Media (ADV re-release)
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
Netflix
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
ADV Films (expired; 2009)
Central Park Media (expired)
Sentai Filmworks (2011)
Production: Seraphim Digital (Sentai dub)
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
Video Post Production: Magnetic Image Video
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Jean-Marc Pannetier (Netflix redub)

Adaptation:
Christine De Chérisey
Emmanuel Pettini (Netflix redub)
Esteban Oertli as Seita (Netflix redub)
Fanny Vambacas as Setsuko (Netflix redub)
Kelly Marot as Setsuko
Pascal Grull as Seita

Marie Martine as Tante
Marie-Laure Dougnac as Tante (Netflix redub)

Caroline Cadrieu as Voisine (Netflix redub)
Hervé Bellon as Ohbayashi (Netflix redub)
Kelly Marot as Mère (Netflix redub)
Marina Tourbon as Mère
Michel Tugot-Doris as Fermier
Richard Leroussel as Gozabu (Netflix redub)

Anthony Delclève (Netflix redub)
Brigitte Lecordier
Cécilé Gatto (Netflix redub)
Charlotte Hennequin (Netflix redub)
Faustine Legrand (Netflix redub)
Gabriel Marc (Netflix redub)
Igor Chometowski (Netflix redub)
Isabelle Charles (Netflix redub)
Isabelle Desplantes (Netflix redub)
Jean-Marc Charrier (Netflix redub)
Lola Nedelian (Netflix redub)
Melki Izzouzi (Netflix redub)
Sam Salhi (Netflix redub)
Sébastien Minéo (Netflix redub)
French companies
Broadcaster:
Arte (from 12 June 2000)
Canal +
Ciné Cinema Famiz (from January 2009)
J-One
TPS Cinefamily (from 4 February 2006)
Virgin 17
Distributor:
Film Office (DVD, 2009)
KAZÉ
Les Films du Paradoxe (theatrical)
Dubbing:
Dubbing Brothers (Netflix redub)
Libra Films
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Jaime Roca (Spain dub; Netflix)
Dubbing Director: Azucena Díaz (Catalan dub)
Translation: María Bordonado Pardo (Spain dub; Netflix)
Executive producer:
Hilel Chelminsky (Zima Entertainment)
Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
José Luis Puertas (Jonu Media)

Mixing: Ferrán Mosquera (Catalan dub)
Production Supervision: Silvia Lozano (Spain dub; Netflix)
Project Manager: Manu Zapata (Spain dub; Netflix)
Subtitle Supervisor: Nadia García Díaz (Selecta Visión)
Subtitle Translation: Juan Villena Mateos (Spain; Netflix)
Subtitler: Fabián Sierra (Jonu Media)
Albert Trifol Segarra as Seita (Catalan dub; Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Azucena Martinez as Setsuko
Hugo Rodriguez as Seita
Lucia Perez as Setsuko (Spain dub; Netflix)
Núria Trifol as Setsuko (Catalan dub; Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Víctor Álvarez Comendeiro as Seita (Spain dub; Netflix)

Azucena Díaz as
Aunt (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Tieta (Catalan dub)
Julia Martínez as Aunt (Spain dub; Netflix)
Magdalena Leonel as Aunt

Adriana Rodriguez as Mother
Antonio Pujós as Doctor
Carmen Calvell as Mare (Catalan dub)
César Martín as Gosaku (Spain dub; Netflix)
Cristal Barreyro as Nen (Catalan dub)
Eugenio Roldán as Obayashi (Spain dub; Netflix)
Francesc Alborch as Obayashi (Catalan dub)
Gal Soler as Policia (Catalan dub)
Guillermo Rojas as Doctor
Joaquim Sota as Hodger (Spain dub)
Jordi Pineda as Hodger (Catalan dub)
Julia Chalmeta as Neighbor (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as
Mother (Spain dub)
Veïna (Catalan dub)
Salvador Campoy as Obayashi (Spain dub)

David Martín de la Fuente (Spain dub; Netflix)
Diana Torres (Spain dub; Netflix)
Isabel Abengoza (Spain dub; Netflix)
Jorge Peña (Spain dub; Netflix)
Juan Alfonso Arenas (Spain dub; Netflix)
Marta Górriz (Spain dub; Netflix)
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Tecnison (Spain dub; Netflix)
Broadcaster:
Buzz Channel (Spain)
Canal CinemaPlus (Latin America)
Canal Encuentro (Argentina)
Canal Plus (Spain)
Canal RCN (Colombia)
Canal UCR
Canal Utv (Colombia)
Cinema + (Colombia)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Distributor:
Babilla Ciné (Colombia | Theatrical; DVD and Blu-ray)
Jonu Media
Dubbing Studio:
Dubbing Films (Barcelona, Spain; Catalan dub)
DVD Distribution: Babilla Ciné (Colombia)
Internet Streaming:
Anime Box (Spain)
Canal RCN (Colombia)
Código Animé (dubbed)
Filmin (Spain)
Netflix (Spain)
RTVCPlay (Colombia)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Wuaki.tv (Spain)
Licensed by:
Jonu Media (Spain)
Selecta Visión (Spain; 2012)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Zima Entertainment (Mexico)
Theatrical Releaser: Babilla Ciné (Colombia)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Dubbing Director:
Gualtiero Cannarsi (ed. 2015)
Massimo Còrizza
Translation: Francesco Prandoni

Dialogues:
Gualtiero Cannarsi (ed. 2015)
Massimo Còrizza
Dubbing Assistant: Silvia Ferri (ed. 2015)
Dubbing Engineer: Lorenzo Ciarlantini (ed. 2015)
Mixing: Christian Polini (ed. 2015)
Chiara Fabiano as Setsuko (ed. 2015)
Corrado Conforti as Seita
Leonardo Caneva as Seita (ed. 2015)
Perla Liberatori as Setsuko

Alessandra Chiari as Vedova (ed. 2015)
Beatrice Margiotti as Mother
Chiara Oliviero as Vicina (ed. 2015)
Cristina Poccardi as Madre (ed. 2015)
Elio Zamuto as Medico (ed. 2015)
Emidio La Vella as Negoziante (ed. 2015)
Gianluca Solombrino as Inquilino (ed. 2015)
Giulia Franceschetti as Cugina (ed. 2015)
Luciano Marchitiello as Soldier
Massimo Còrizza as Policeman
Oliviero Dinelli as Obayashi (ed. 2015)
Paolo Lombardi as Poliziotto (ed. 2015)
Pierluigi Astore as Fattore (ed. 2015)
Toni Orlandi as Contadino (ed. 2015)
Wladimiro Grana as Addetto (ed. 2015)

Alessandro Ballico (ed. 2015)
Andrea Di Maggio (ed. 2015)
Antonio Angrisano (ed. 2015)
Barbara Villa (ed. 2015)
Carlotta Pescuma (ed. 2015)
Carolina Zaccarini (ed. 2015)
Cristina Piras (ed. 2015)
Daniele De Lisi (ed. 2015)
Dimitri Winter (ed. 2015)
Dodo Versino (ed. 2015)
Edoardo Benedetti (ed. 2015)
Elena Liberati (ed. 2015)
Emilio Mauro Barchiesi (ed. 2015)
Gabriele Tacchi (ed. 2015)
Gerry Gherardi (ed. 2015)
Gilberta Crispino (ed. 2015)
Guido Sagliocca (ed. 2015)
Leonardo Della Bianca (ed. 2015)
Luigi Scribani (ed. 2015)
Maria Grazia Dominici (ed. 2015)
Massimo Aresu (ed. 2015)
Mattia Fabiano (ed. 2015)
Monica Migliori (ed. 2015)
Nicola Braile (ed. 2015)
Patrizia Bracaglia (ed. 2015)
Pieraldo Ferrante (ed. 2015)
Raffaele Carpentieri (ed. 2015)
Rossella Celindano (ed. 2015)
Serena Sigismondo (ed. 2015)
Silvio Anselmo (ed. 2015)
Vittoria Bartolomei (ed. 2015)
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga
Distributor:
Koch Media (ed. 2015)
Yamato Video (Italy)
Dubbing:
CDR (ed. 2015)
Promovision
Internet Streaming: TIMvision
German staff
German cast
ADR Director:
Mario von Jascheroff
Yannik Raiss (2nd dub; Netflix)
Script:
Constantin von Jascheroff 
Yannik Raiss (2nd dub; Netflix)
Translation: Thilo Mardaus (2nd dub; Netflix)

Casting: Chris Gruber (2nd dub; Netflix)
Editing:
Alexandra Cassau (2nd dub; Netflix)
Anja Seilheimer (2nd dub; Netflix)
Jacqueline Lamotte (2nd dub; Netflix)
Mixing: Ricardo Murga (2nd dub; Netflix)
Production manager: Kerstin Dintner (2nd dub; Netflix)
Recording engineer: Florian Kretschmer (2nd dub; Netflix)
Adak Azdasht as Setsuko
Gerrit Schmidt-Foß as Seita
Leni Mitschke as Setsuko (2nd dub; Netflix)
Oliver Szerkus as Seita (2nd dub; Netflix)

Agnes Hilpert as Aunt (2nd dub; Netflix)
Rita Engelmann as Witwe

Alexander Herzog as Grocer (1st dub)
Frank Ciazynski as Wood Merchant (1st dub)
Hasso Zorn as Policeman (1st dub)
Lothar Blumhagen as Bezirksvorsteher
Maria Sumner as Cousin (1st dub)
Marie Bierstedt as Mother (2nd dub; Netflix)
Thomas Nero Wolff as Lodger (1st dub)
Ulrich Voß as Farmer (1st dub)
Ulrike Stürzbecher as Mutter
Wolfgang Ostberg as Doctor (1st dub)

Alexander Hauff (2nd dub; Netflix)
Andreas Hofer (2nd dub; Netflix)
Andreas Meese (2nd dub; Netflix)
Carmen Katt (2nd dub; Netflix)
Christopher Groß (2nd dub; Netflix)
Eliot Neudeck (2nd dub; Netflix)
Elmar Gutmann (1st dub)
Eva-Maria Werth (1st dub)
Gerrit Schmidt-Foß (2nd dub; Netflix)
Gunnar Helm (2nd dub; Netflix)
Jan Kurbjuweit (2nd dub; Netflix)
Jasper Holdt (2nd dub; Netflix)
Johannes Raspe (2nd dub; Netflix)
Julia Meynen (2nd dub; Netflix)
Karlo Hackenberger (1st dub)
Lilia Peters (2nd dub; Netflix)
Luca Smesny (2nd dub; Netflix)
Maria Sumner (1st dub)
Michael Tietz (2nd dub; Netflix)
Michel Diercks (2nd dub; Netflix)
Noah Ampong (2nd dub; Netflix)
Sabine Walkenbach (1st dub)
Thomas Hailer (1st dub)
Tim Moeseritz (1st dub)
Tom Kanty (2nd dub; Netflix)
Ute Noack (2nd dub; Netflix)
Uwe Jellinek (1st dub)
Vanessa Wirth (2nd dub; Netflix)
Velia Krause (1st dub)
Virginia Leithäuser (2nd dub; Netflix)
Werner Braunschädel (2nd dub; Netflix)
German companies
Broadcaster: Arte
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual
AV Visionen GmbH (Blu-Ray)
Crunchyroll, LLC (Blu-Ray)
Kazé Germany (now)
Dubbing: Interopa Film GmbH
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Otaku
Dutch cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
Subtitle Translation: Kamila Krupiński (Netflix)
Broadcaster: Hyper
Distributor: IDG Poland S.A.
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
ADR Director: Diego Lima
Isadora Martins as Setsuko
Lipe Volpato as Seita

Adriana Pissardini as Mãe
Denise Reis as Tia
Ricardo Sawaya as Médico
Portuguese companies
ADR Production: Media Access Company (Brazil; 2024)
Distributor: Versátil Home Vídeo (DVD-subtituled only)
Internet Streaming:
Filmin (Portugal)
Netflix (Portugal)
Swedish staff
Swedish companies
(none)
Distributor: Ozon Media
Swedish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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