Why do fireflies have to die so soon?
8.444
89 min
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Tsutomu Tatsumi | Seita (voice) | Unowned |
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Ayano Shiraishi | Setsuko (voice) | Unowned |
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Yoshiko Shinohara | Mother (voice) | Unowned |
| Akemi Yamaguchi | Auntie (voice) | Unowned | |
| Masayo Sakai | Woman who takes care of Setsuko (voice) | Unowned | |
| Kozo Hashida | Obayashi Chairman (voice) | Unowned | |
| Kazumi Nozaki | Cousin (voice) | Unowned | |
| Yoshio Matsuoka | Gosaku (voice) | Unowned | |
| Masahiro Kanetake | Aunt's House Guest (voice) | Unowned | |
| Kiyoshi Yanagawa | Patrolman (voice) | Unowned | |
| Hajime Maki | Man who arrests Seita (voice) | Unowned | |
| Atsuo Omotem | Person in Bank (voice) | Unowned | |
| Teruhisa Harita | Station Worker (voice) | Unowned | |
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Hiroshi Tanaka | Person in Bank (voice) | Unowned |
| Michio Denpo | Station Worker / Doctor (voice) | Unowned | |
| Shiro Tamaki | Person in Bank (voice) | Unowned | |
| Mika Sekita | Nurse (voice) | Unowned | |
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Kyoko Moriwaki | (voice) | Unowned |