Film

Grave of the Fireflies

Name: Grave of the Fireflies
Director: Isao Takahata
Released: 1988
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Kozo Hashida, Akemi Yamaguchi

1988 · 89 min · ★ 8.5 · Dir. Isao Takahata

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.