Drama
Grave of the Fireflies
User Score112 votes
79%7.9/10
Release2005→
Runtime2H 28M
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Synopsis
Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.
Principal Cast8
Hoshi Ishida
Yokokawa Seita
Mao Sasaki
Setsuko
Ikki Sawamura
Kiyoshi
Yui Natsukawa
Kyoko
Nanako Matsushima
Hisako
Mao Inoue
Natsu,Keiko
Mayuko Fukuda
Hana
Jun Kaname
Media4
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Director
Tōya Satō
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Keywords
world war iisingle motherstarvationfire bombingchildren in wartime
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Countries:Japan
Production:Nippon Television Network Corporation