Grave of the Fireflies
2005·Movie
·2h 28min·
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Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.
WWII DramaTragic StorySiblings' StruggleAnti-War NarrativeProfound SadnessAnimated MasterpieceBleak & HeartbreakingSurvival StoryEmotional DevastationHistorical Accuracy
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Directed by:
Tōya Satō
Written by:
Akiyuki Nosaka, Yumiko Inoue
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