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Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

★ 7.9/10•2005•2h 28m•Drama

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.

Tōya Satō · Director

Yumiko Inoue · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 28m
LanguageJA
Release DateNov 1, 2005

Actors

Hoshi Ishida

Hoshi Ishida

Yokokawa Seita

Mao Sasaki

Setsuko

Ikki Sawamura

Ikki Sawamura

Kiyoshi

Yui Natsukawa

Yui Natsukawa

Kyoko

Nanako Matsushima

Nanako Matsushima

Hisako

Mao Inoue

Mao Inoue

Natsu,Keiko

Mayuko Fukuda

Mayuko Fukuda

Hana

Jun Kaname

Jun Kaname

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Genzo

So Yamanaka

So Yamanaka

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