Grave of the Fireflies (2005)

11/01/2005 (JP) • 2h 28m

Drama

Overview

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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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

world war ii

single mother

starvation

fire bombing

children in wartime

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