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Grave of the Fireflies

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7.9/10 • 105

2005-11-012h 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.

Directors
Tōya Satō
Writters
Yumiko Inoue

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  1. Hoshi Ishida

    Hoshi Ishida

    Yokokawa Seita

  2. Mao Sasaki

    Mao Sasaki

    Setsuko

  3. Ikki Sawamura

    Ikki Sawamura

    Kiyoshi

  4. Yui Natsukawa

    Yui Natsukawa

    Kyoko

  5. Nanako Matsushima

    Nanako Matsushima

    Hisako

  6. Mao Inoue

    Mao Inoue

    Natsu,Keiko

  7. Mayuko Fukuda

    Mayuko Fukuda

    Hana

  8. Jun Kaname

    Jun Kaname

  9. Tsuyoshi Ihara

    Tsuyoshi Ihara

    Genzo

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Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
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Keywords
world war iisingle motherstarvationfire bombingchildren in wartime