Grave of the Fireflies is a movie directed by Isao Takahata in 1988 and based on the book of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka, first published in 1967. The movie features Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Tadashi Nakamura, Marcy Bannor, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Movie vs Book
Year
1988
Minutes
89
Movie Rate
8.50
Source: IMDb
Movie
Grave of the Fireflies
Original title: Hotaru no haka
Director: Isao Takahata
Country: Japan
Year: 1988
Length: 1h29m
Year
1967
Pages
18
Book Rate
8.16
S: Goodreads
Book
Grave of the Fireflies
Original title: Hotaru no Haka
User polls & recommendations
“Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look.”
TRENT REZNOR (Musician)
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