Masterpiece. Never watching it again tho
Cinemas
Directed by Isao Takahata
Grave of the Fireflies
火垂るの墓
An acclaimed, bleak animation.
Animation
Drama
War
1988
1h 29m
4.5(1270k)via LetterboxdTsutomu Tatsumi + 4 more
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.
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6What people say
being stabbed would be less painful than this
I'm struggling to think of any other movie that eviscerated my heart quite like this one.
Common questions
What is Grave of the Fireflies about?+
The film follows two siblings, Seita and Setsuko, who struggle to survive on their own in Japan during the final months of World War II.
Who directed Grave of the Fireflies?+
Isao Takahata directed this film in 1988 as a co-founder of Studio Ghibli.
Is Grave of the Fireflies historically accurate?+
It is based on a semi-autobiographical short story by Akiyuki Nosaka and depicts the lived reality of civilians during the firebombing of Japanese cities.
