Grave of the Fireflies
Original title: 火垂るの墓
7.9(121)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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world war iisingle motherbrother sister starvationfire bombingchildren in wartimebrother and sisterhyōgo, japan
