Grave of the Fireflies poster

MOVIE

Grave of the Fireflies

2005 • HD • 148min

RATING

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Story

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.

Country Japan Language Japanese

Genre Drama

Keywords #world war ii #single mother #starvation #children in wartime #brother sister #brother and sister #fire bombing #hyogo japan

Production Nippon Television Network Corporation

Credits

Tōya Satō photo

Tōya Satō

director

Yumiko Inoue photo

Yumiko Inoue

writer

Hoshi Ishida photo

Hoshi Ishida

Yokokawa Seita

Ikki Sawamura photo

Ikki Sawamura

Kiyoshi

Yui Natsukawa photo

Yui Natsukawa

Kyoko

Nanako Matsushima photo

Nanako Matsushima

Hisako

Mao Inoue photo

Mao Inoue

Natsu,Keiko

Mayuko Fukuda photo

Mayuko Fukuda

Hana

Jun Kaname photo

Jun Kaname

Tsuyoshi Ihara photo

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Genzo

So Yamanaka photo

So Yamanaka

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