Grave of the Fireflies

by Isao Takahata, Akiyuki Nosaka, screenwriter director, novel

$1,250 · Offered by Royal Books · No longer available

Tokyo: Shinchosha Company, circa 1988. Preparation Draft script for the 1988 Japanese animated film. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1967 short story by Akiyuki Nosaka. Text in Japanese. A draft script of the film, in which the ending had not yet been finalized. Grave of the Fireflies follows the final days of two Japanese children during World War II, and though it contains few combat scenes remains one of the most riveting war films ever made.

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