Grave Of The Fireflies Live Action?

[Project862006]

Dresden Pictures has acquired the UK rights to Japanese war story Grave of the Fireflies for a live action adaptation.

The semi-autobiographical novel, by Akiyuki Nosaka (火垂る&#12398, was originally published in 1967 and later adapted as an animated feature by Shinchosha (新潮&#31038 through Studio Ghibli in 1988, directed by Isao Takahata.

A live action version was made for Japanese broadcaster NTV in 2005 but Dresden Pictures is the first production company outside of Japan to have optioned development rights to the story.

Produced by Liam Garvo and James Heath through Dresden Pictures, there are plans to start shooting in 2014.

The story is based on Nosaka’s experiences during and after the firebombing of Kobe, Japan in 1945. It centres on the struggle of two orphaned Japanese children – 14 year-old Seita and his four year-old sister, Setsuko – during World War II.

Nosaka wrote Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの&#22675 as a personal apology to his sister regarding her death and was awarded the Naoki Prize for best popular literature.

The animated feature was originally released as a double feature in 1988 with My Neighbour Totoro, now regarded a Studio Ghibli classic, which generated millions for the animation company in merchandising. Grave of the Fireflies was also critically acclaimed but struggled commercially on its initial release.

Earlier this week, Gkids acquired North American theatrical rights to the animated Grave of the Fireflies via a distribution agreement with Japan’s Toho Co, with plans for a 25th anniversary release in the US.

Also this week, it was revealed that Studio Ghibli’s next two projects are Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises) from Hayao Miyazaki, about the man who designed the Zero fighter plane for Japan, and Kaguya-Hime no Monogatari (Princess Kaguya Story), from Fireflies’ director Takahata, based on folk story ‘Tale of the Bamboo Cutter’.

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[childeroland]

No. Just leave this one alone, please.

 

[Asgard]

Saw this when I was a teen and didnt really know much about the movie going in aside from being anime. The only anime Ive seen at that point was DB, DBZ, and some Sailor Moon episodes, so I did not expect to see one of the most depressing movies Ive ever seen to date.

It left me in a real funk for a couple days afterward.

 

[Still Wynning]

Saw this when I was a teen and didnt really know much about the movie going in aside from being anime. The only anime Ive seen at that point was DB, DBZ, and some Sailor Moon episodes, so I did not expect to see one of the most depressing movies Ive ever seen to date.

It left me in a real funk for a couple days afterward.

I watched it for the first time about a few months ago. It's probably one of the most sobering film experiences I've ever had. I even tried explaining how good of a film this was to my parents the day after watching, without spoiling anything, and I could barely finish each sentence without getting emotional.

Spoiler

The scene that really got to me was near the end, when that record player song plays over all the flashbacks of Setsuko playing, right after her death scene. I audibly cried the rest of the movie. It hit me so hard because I have a younger brother and sister, and I couldn't even imagine the torture of losing either one of them.

A film like this also kind of helps to put life into perspective. For the longest time before watching this film, I would always complain about the amount of work I would have to do. Afterwards, I almost never complained. Anytime I start to catch myself complaining, I always think back to this film and say to myself, "It could be a lot, lot worse."

I consider any film that can bring out any strong positive emotions in me a work of art. This film definitely fits that category for me.

 

[bkong0]

There's been good adaptations before so while I'm alright with it and it's certainly a powerful story, they'll be hard pressed to do better than the original.