Grave of the Fireflies
Why do fireflies have to die so soon?
Film19881h 29m
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- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Language
- Japanese
- Released
- 1988-04-16
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
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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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