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    Grave of the Fireflies 1988 POSTER

    Grave of the Fireflies

    1988

    Japanese

    8.5

    207

    100%

    95%

    Action

    Animation

    Drama

    hunger

    shelter

    sibling relationship

    struggle for survival

    War

    wartime

    world war ii

    Isao Takahata Isao Takahata Director Luci Christian Luci Christian as Additional Voices Ren Hanami Ren Hanami as Aunt (English) Crispin Freeman Crispin Freeman as Doctors / Old Man Emily Neves Emily Neves as Setsuko
    In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
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