Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Name: Grave of the Fireflies
Director: Isao Takahata
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Released: 1988
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Rating: 8.449
Cast: Akemi Yamaguchi, Ayano Shiraishi, Kazumi Nozaki, Kiyoshi Yanagawa, Kozo Hashida

Original Title: 火垂るの墓

Animation Drama War

8.4 (5,891 votes)

1h 29m

Overview

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.

Details

Director: Isao Takahata
Writer: Isao Takahata
Original Language: Japanese
Budget: $3,700,000

Cast

Akemi Yamaguchi Ayano Shiraishi Kazumi Nozaki Kiyoshi Yanagawa Kozo Hashida Masahiro Kanetake Masayo Sakai Tsutomu Tatsumi Yoshiko Shinohara Yoshio Matsuoka

Keywords

adult animation anime anti war children in wartime grim hunger orphan siblings semi autobiographical shelter sibling relationship wartime world war ii

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