Pal lines up live-action version of Studio Ghibli's Fireflies

By 2007-08-21T04:04:00

The story was famously adapted into an animated feature directed by Isao Takahata in 1988 and released on a double bill with Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro when the studio was still part of Tokuma Shoten. The film is known as Tombstone For Fireflies in the US.

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