Grave of the Fireflies

Name: Grave of the Fireflies
Director: Isao Takahata
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Released: 1988
Rating: 4

Isao Takahata • 89 min • 1988

AnimationDramaWar

“Why do fireflies have to die so soon?”

Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai, Kozo Hashida

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Synopsis

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.