Film
Grave of the Fireflies
2005Directed by Tōya Satō
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- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 28m
About Grave of the Fireflies
- Drama
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Tōya Satō
- Writers
- Yumiko Inoue
- Akiyuki Nosaka
- Original title
- 火垂るの墓
