Hotaru no haka：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Isao Takahata

Writing Credits

Akiyuki Nosaka
(novel): Isao Takahata
(written by)

Cast

Tsutomu Tatsumi
Seita: Ayano Shiraishi
Setsuko: Yoshiko Shinohara
Mother: Akemi Yamaguchi
Aunt: KÃ´zÃ´ Hashida
Obayashi Chairman: Masayo Sakai
Woman who takes care of Setsuko: Kazumi Nozaki
Cousin: Yoshio Matsuoka
Gosaku: Masahiro Kanetake
Aunt's house guest: Kiyoshi Yanagawa
Patrolman: Hajime Maki
Man who arrests Seita: Atsuo Omote
Person in bank: Teruhisa Harita
Station worker: Hiroshi Tanaka
Person in bank: Michio DenpÃ´
Station worker / Doctor (voice): ShirÃ´ Tamaki
Person in bank: Tadashi Nakamura
(voice): Mika Sekita
Nurse: Mariko Miyamoto
(voice): Atsushi Matsumoto
Kid with fishing tackle: Haruko Matsuda
(voice): Keiko Ueda
(voice): Kazuhiko Takeoka
Kid with fishing tackle: Kiyomi Ajisaka
Person in bank: Makio Ueno
Kid with fishing tackle: Toyokazu Hiramatsu
Kid with fishing tackle: KyÃ´ko Moriwaki
(voice): Takashi Shimatani
Kid with fishing tackle: RyÃ»ji Sanada
Kid with fishing tackle: Tamotsu Kuni
(voice): Haruo Kaji
(voice): Toshiko Ama
(voice): Makoto Kobayashi
(voice): Ken'ichi Sawada
(voice): Ikuo Kokubu
(voice): YÃ»suke Yokoyama
(voice): Yoshinaga Fusamoto
(voice): KÃ´shirÃ´ Tanimoto
(voice): Masato Moriya
(voice): TetsurÃ´ Nakayama
(voice): Naoki Fujita
(voice): Masafumi JÃ´no
(voice): Tsukasa Ban
(voice): Makiko Kinoshita
(voice): Senkoku Yukuhara
(voice): YÃ»ko Kurokawa
(voice): Mayumi Kawaguchi
(voice): J. Robert Spencer
Seita (Central Park Media dub): Corinne Orr
Setsuko (Central Park Media dub): Amy Jones
Aunt (Central Park Media dub): Veronica Taylor
Mother (Central Park Media dub): Nick Sullivan
Additional Voices (Central Park Media dub): Shannon Conley
Additional Voices (Central Park Media dub): Crispin Freeman
Doctors / Old Man (Central Park Media dub) (voice): George Leaver
Additional Voices (Central Park Media dub): Dan Green
Additional Voices (Central Park Media dub): Adam Gibbs
Seita (Sentai Filmworks dub): Emily Neves
Setsuko (Sentai Filmworks dub): Marcy Bannor
Aunt (Sentai Filmworks dub): Shelley Calene-Black
Mother (Sentai Filmworks dub): Luci Christian
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub): Justin Doran
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub): Susan O. Koozin
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub): Andrew Love
Train Station Worker 1 (Sentai Filmworks dub): David Matranga
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub): Rob Mungle
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub): Sam Roman
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub): Blake Shepard
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub): David Wald
Additional Voices (Sentai Filmworks dub)

Produced by

Joey Goubeaud
executive producer: ADV Films (english version): TÃ´ru Hara
producer (as Toru Hara): John Ledford
executive producer: Sentai Filmworks (english version) / producer: ADV Films (english version): John O'Donnell
executive producer: Central Park Media (english version): RyÃ´ichi SatÃ´
planning producer: Stephanie Shalofsky
producer: Central Park Media (english version): Eiichi Takahashi
executive producer: Sentai Filmworks (english version): Shin'ichirÃ´ Ueda
line producer (as Shinichirou Ueda)

Music by

Michio Mamiya

Cinematography by

Nobuo Koyama
director of photography

Editing by

Takeshi Seyama

Art Direction by

Nizô Yamamoto
(as Nizou Yamamoto)

Production Management

Shin'ichirÃ´ Ueda
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Norihiko Sutô
assistant director (as Norihiko Sudo)

Art Department

Katsu Hisamura
assistant art director: Michiyo Yasuda
color key: Isao Takahata
storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

Christopher Bourque
mixing: Sentai Filmworks dub (as Lash Bourque) / sound designer: Sentai Filmworks dub (as Lash Bourque): Bill Donnelly
mix engineer: english version: Alexandre Fenot
french dialogue editor: Michihiro ItÃ´
sound effects editor: &M Planning Center: Yasuo Urakami
sound director (as Yasuo Uragami): Kiyoshi Ãhira
sound effects (as Noriyoshi Oohira): Hisanori Ãshiro
sound mixer

Special Effects by

Kaoru Tanifuji
special effects (as Kunji Tanifuji)

Camera and Electrical Department

Masashi Abe
camera operator: Lucky More: Akitarô Daichi
camera operator: Lucky More: Shinji Ito
camera operator: Lucky More: Atsushi Kageyama
camera operator: Lucky More: Hideo Okazaki
camera operator: Lucky More: Tsugio Ozawa
camera operator: Lucky More (as Tsuguo Ozawa): Naoyuki Taniguchi
camera operator: Lucky More

Animation Department

Homi Abe
cel painter: Hideaki Anno
key animator: Toshie Aoki
cel painter: Reiko Aonuma
cel painter: Mieko Asai
cel painter: Tsutomu Awada
inbetween artist (as Tsutomu Awata): Manami Beppu
cel painter: Yumi Enozawa
inbetween artist: Mayumi Fujimoto
inbetween artist: Tazuko Fukutsuchi
inbetween artist: Hideaki Furusawa
inbetween artist: Yumi Furuya
cel painter: Yukiyoshi Hane
key animator (as Yoshiyuki Hane): Kasumi Hara
inbetween artist: Tokuko Harada
cel painter: Fukiko Hashizume
background artist: Yumi Hattori
cel painter: Shizuko Hirai
cel painter: Eiji Hirakawa
background artist: Kazue Hiranuma
cel painter: EiichirÃ´ Hirata
inbetween artist: ShÃ»ichi Hirata
background artist: TÃ´ru Hishiyama
background artist (as Toru Hishiyama): Matsuko Horii
cel painter: Hiroyuki Horiuchi
inbetween artist: Akemi Hosoya
cel painter: Yumiko Ichihara
cel painter: Junko Igarashi
cel painter: Nobuko Igarashi
cel painter: Takuya Iinuma
inbetween artist: Junko Ina
background artist: Hiroshi Inada
inbetween artist: Atsushi Irie
inbetween artist: Junko Isaka
inbetween artist: Michiyo Iseda
cel painter: Kimie Ishida
cel painter: Megumu Ishiguro
key animator (as Iku Ishiguro): Kuniyuki Ishii
key animator: Norichika Iwakiri
cel painter: Megumi Kagawa
key animator: Hitoshi Kagiyama
inbetween artist: Yoshimi Kanbara
inbetween artist: Yoshinari Kanebako
background artist: Masashi Kaneko
inbetween artist: Yuriko Kashiwakura
cel checker: YÃ»ichi Katayama
inbetween artist: Yumi Kawachi
inbetween artist: Yoshie Kawahashi
inbetween artist: Hideo Kawauchi
key animator: YÃ´ko Kida
inbetween artist (as Yoko Kida): Yoshiji Kigami
key animator (as Masuji Kigami): Yoshifumi Kondô
animation director / character designer: Mutsuo Koseki
background artist: Hiromi Kosuda
inbetween artist: Tsutomu Kosuga
cel painter: Takiko Kubota
cel painter: Kitarô Kôsaka
key animator (as Kitaro Kosaka): Chieko Machida
cel painter: Harumi Machii
cel painter: Takao Maki
inbetween artist: Yukiko Matsushita
cel painter: Haremi Miyagawa
cel painter: Yoshiyuki Momose
assistant animation director / layout: Noriko Moritomo
key animator: Akemi Motohashi
inbetween artist: Midori Nagaoka
inbetween artist: Ikue Nakayama
cel painter: YÃ´ji Nakaza
background artist: Reiko Nanami
cel painter: Tatsuji Narita
inbetween artist: Sumie Nishido
inbetween artist: Michiko Nishimaki
cel painter: EiichirÃ´ Nishiyama
inbetween artist (as Eiichiro Nishiyama): Hiroshi Ogawa
key animator: Noriko Ogawa
cel checker: YÃ»ko Ogawa
inbetween artist: Toshiyasu Okada
key animator: Reiko Okuyama
key animator: Hisako Sagara
cel painter: Toshitsugu Saida
key animator (as Shunji Saida): Eiko SaitÃ´
cel painter: Fumiko SaitÃ´
cel painter: Yuriko SaitÃ´
inbetween artist: Akio Sakai
key animator: Keiko Sakuma
inbetween artist: Taeko Sakuma
cel painter: Yoshimi Sakuma
cel painter: Michiyo Sakurai
key animator: Nobuko Sano
cel painter: Aya SatÃ´
inbetween artist: Nobuko SatÃ´
inbetween artist (as Nobuko Sato): Michiko Shibata
cel painter: ShirÃ´ Shibata
inbetween artist: Kazue Shiki
cel painter: Chieko Shiobara
inbetween artist: Yukitaka Shishikai
cel painter: Eiko SudÃ´
background artist: Mayumi Suzuki
inbetween artist: Toshiko Tahara
cel painter: YÃ»ki Takagi
cel painter: Naomi Takahashi
cel painter: Ako Takano
inbetween artist: Noboru Takano
key animator: Yoshiko Takasago
cel painter: Noriko Takaya
background artist (as Noriko Higuchi): Tomoko Takei
inbetween artist: Seiki Tamura
background artist: Osamu Tanabe
inbetween artist: Nobuko Tanaka
cel painter: Seiji Tanda
inbetween artist (as Seiji Handa): Shin'ichi Toyonaga
cel painter (as Shinichi Toyonaga): Shigeto Tsuji
inbetween artist: Yasuomi Umetsu
key animator: Mayumi Watabe
cel painter: Nobuko Watanabe
cel painter: Midori Yamada
inbetween artist: Yasuko Yamaguchi
cel painter: ShÃ´jurÃ´ Yamauchi
key animator: Natsuyo Yasuda
assistant animation director: Rie Yasui
cel painter: Fujino Yonei
cel painter: Sachiko Yoneyama
inbetween artist: Junko Yoshikawa
cel painter: Takao Yoshikawa
cel painter: Hiroyuki Yoshimura
inbetween artist: Takao Yoshino
inbetween artist: Emiko Ãno
cel painter: Tokihiko Ãta
inbetween artist: KyÃ´ko Ãtake
cel painter (as Kyooko Ootake): Atsuko Ãtani
key animator: Masahiko Ãuchi
inbetween artist: Noriko Ãzeki
key animator

Editorial Department

Hiroshi Adachi
assistant editor: Dekker Dreyer
re-mastering

Additional Crew

Tadahiko Arai
production committee: Peter Bavaro
adr producer: English version: Cental Park Media release: Steven Foster
adr director: English version - Sentai Filmworks release: Kunioki Hatsumi
production committee: Atsushi Kamimura
production assistant: Kayla King
production assistant: Sentai re-release: Masanori Michiie
technical assistant: Stack: Goro Morita
production assistant: Mamoru Murao
technical assistant: JÃ´sai Duplo: Takuo Murase
production committee: Neil Nadelman
translator: english version: Cental Park Media release: Tomoaki Nishikiri
production assistant: Hiroshi Nitta
production committee: Naoyuki Oshikiri
production desk: YoshirÃ´ SaitÃ´
technical assistant: Stack: Tony Salerno
dubbing supervisor (as Anthony Salerno) (Cental Park Media release): Kenji Sasaki
production committee: Shun'ichi SatÃ´
production committee: Takanobu SatÃ´
production committee: Shizuka Shibata
production committee: Fumihiko Shimo
production assistant: Yoshiko Tagami
titles: Hideo Takagu
titles: Chiyoshi Tanaka
production assistant: Eric Thomann
coordinator: Tim Werenko
production manager: David Williams
dvd producer: blu-ray authoring: Sentai Filmworks release / dvd producer: dvd authoring: Sentai Filmworks release: KenjirÃ´ Yagi
production committee