Complete [J-Movie] Hotaru no Haka

Movie 1

Title: 火垂るの墓

Title (romaji): Hotaru no Haka

Title (english): Grave of the Fireflies

Broadcast date: November 1, 2005

Air time: 21:00-23:43

Synopsis

Nanako Matsushima plays Hisako, who loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. However, the area where they are staying is also bombed, and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone. In the end, to save her own children, Hisako allows the other two to die of starvation.

Cast

Nanako Matsushima as Hisako Sawano (35)

Hoshi Ishida as Seita Yokokawa (15)

Mao Sasaki as Setsuko Yokokawa (5)

Tsuyoshi Ihara as Genzo Sawano (39)

Mao Inoue as Natsu Sawano (16)

Jun Kaname as Yoshie Sawano (24)

Mayuko Fukuda as Hana Sawano

Narumi Iihara as Yuki Sawano

Shota Horie as Teizo Sawano

Katsuhisa Namase as Toshiyuki Yoshioka

Junkichi Orimoto as town council chairman Obayashi

Hideo Takamatsu as the rice shop man

Mansaku Fuwa as the farmer

Rie Okamoto as Motoko Matsui

Yasunori Danta as Eisaku Matsui

Ikki Sawamura as Kiyoshi Yokokawa

Yui Natsukawa as Kyoko Yokokawa

Keiko Kishi as Natsu Mitsumura

Akira Kubo

Movie 2

Title: 火垂るの墓

Title (romaji): Hotaru no Haka

Title (english): Grave Of The Fireflies / Tombstone of Fireflies

Broadcast date: July 5, 2008

Synopsis

Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.

Cast

Reo Yoshitake as Seita

Rina Hatakeyama as Setsuko

Keiko Matsuzaka - Widow as Seita's aunt

Seiko Matsuda as Yukiko, Seita's mother

Hiromi Senno as Kimie Honjo

Jun Eto as Masao Honjo

Kazuki Hagiwara as Widow's son

Yoshio Harada as Maichi Kaicho of Nishimiya

Chizuru Ikewaki as Young Widow

Hiroyuki Nagato as Maichi Kaicho of Mikage

Maika Suzuki as Kazuko Honjo

Katsuaki Takahashi as Seita's father

Risa Taniuchi as Akiko Honjo

Yukiko Yabe as Widow's daughter

So Yamanaka as Michihiko Takayama