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.
Title | Grave of the Fireflies |
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Year | 1988 |
Genre | Animation, Drama, War |
Country | Japan |
Studio | Studio Ghibli |
Cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai, Kozo Hashida |
Crew | Isao Takahata (Screenplay), Isao Takahata (Director), Takeshi Seyama (Editor), Nobuo Koyama (Director of Photography), Michio Mamiya (Original Music Composer), Neil Nadelman (Translator) |
Release | Apr 16, 1988 |
Runtime | 89 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 8.46 / 10 by 5,553 users |
Popularity | 0 |