Grave of the Fireflies (2005)
01/11/2005
Drama
2h 28m
- 79% (112 votes)
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Overview
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.
- Tōya SatōDirector
- Yumiko InoueWriter
Original Title
火垂るの墓
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
- world war ii
- single mother
- starvation
- fire bombing
- children in wartime
Top Billed Cast
Hoshi Ishida
Yokokawa Seita
Mao Sasaki
Setsuko
Ikki Sawamura
Kiyoshi
Yui Natsukawa
Kyoko
Nanako Matsushima
Hisako
Mao Inoue
Natsu,Keiko
Mayuko Fukuda
Hana
Jun Kaname
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Genzo
Sō Yamanaka
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