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Grave of the Fireflies

Film

Grave of the Fireflies

7.9

2h 28m

2005

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.

Director

Tōya Satō

Trailer

Drama

world war iisingle motherstarvationfire bombingchildren in wartime

Cast & Crew

Hoshi Ishida

Hoshi Ishida

as Yokokawa Seita

Mao Sasaki

as Setsuko

Ikki Sawamura

Ikki Sawamura

as Kiyoshi

Yui Natsukawa

Yui Natsukawa

as Kyoko

Nanako Matsushima

Nanako Matsushima

as Hisako

Mao Inoue

Mao Inoue

as Natsu,Keiko

Mayuko Fukuda

Mayuko Fukuda

as Hana

Jun Kaname

Jun Kaname

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Tsuyoshi Ihara

as Genzo

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