Grave of the Fireflies
Why do fireflies have to die so soon?
19881h 29mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- War
- Animation
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.
Keywords
- anti war
- world war ii
- struggle for survival
- shelter
- sibling relationship
- anime
- wartime
- children in wartime
- hunger
- adult animation
- orphan siblings
- semi autobiographical
- pacific theater
- brother sister
- brother and sister
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 16, 1988
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Studio Ghibli
- Cast
- Tsutomu Tatsumi,Ayano Shiraishi,Yoshiko Shinohara,Akemi Yamaguchi,Masayo Sakai,Kozo Hashida,Kazumi Nozaki,Yoshio Matsuoka,Masahiro Kanetake,Kiyoshi Yanagawaand 8 more
- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Writer
- Isao Takahata,Akiyuki Nosaka
- Producer
- Tooru Hara
- Cinematography
- Nobuo Koyama
- Music
- Michio Mamiya
- Budget
- $3,700,000
- Revenue
- $842,132
- IMDb
- tt0095327