Grave of the Fireflies

Name: Grave of the Fireflies
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Released: 16 Apr 1988
Rating: 8.45
Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai

1988-04-16 Japan 89 minutes.

8.45 5,657 votes

Animation Drama War sibling relationship hunger world war ii wartime shelter adult animation semi autobiographical anti war anime orphan siblings children in wartime earnest

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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.

Year 1988

Studio Studio Ghibli

Director Isao Takahata

Crew Isao Takahata (Screenplay), Isao Takahata (Director), Takeshi Seyama (Editor), Nobuo Koyama (Director of Photography), Michio Mamiya (Original Music Composer), Neil Nadelman (Translator)

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Language 日本語