Masterpiece. Never watching it again tho
Directed by Isao Takahata
火垂るの墓
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.
Grave of the Fireflies is showing in 1 cinema in Los Angeles - next screening Saturday 19 December at 19:00 at Fine Arts Theatre.
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Masterpiece. Never watching it again tho
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.
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.
Isao Takahata directed this film in 1988 as a co-founder of Studio Ghibli.
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.
