Grave of the Fireflies

Name: Grave of the Fireflies
Director: Tōya Satō
Genre: Drama
Released: 2005-11-01
Duration: 148 min
Rating: 7.924
Cast: Hoshi Ishida, Mao Sasaki, Ikki Sawamura, Yui Natsukawa, Nanako Matsushima

Original title: 火垂るの墓

7.9(118)20052h 28mJA

Directed by Tōya Satō

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.

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