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Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies

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Grave of the Fireflies

NR·2005·148m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Tōya Satō

Short Story

Akiyuki Nosaka

Writer

Yumiko Inoue

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Japanese

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Keywords

world war ii
single mother
starvation
fire bombing
children in wartime