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Grave of the Fireflies

  • April 1988
  • 1hr

    29mins

  • Animation
  • Drama
  • War
  • Directed by

    Isao Takahata,

    Starring

    Tsutomu Tatsumi,

    Ayano Shiraishi,

    Yoshiko Shinohara,

    Akemi Yamaguchi

    ...

    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.