Grave of the Fireflies (2005)

  • NR
  • 11/01/2005 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 2h 28m

Overview

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.

Tōya Satō

Director

Yumiko Inoue

Writer

Cast

Hoshi Ishida's headshot

Hoshi Ishida

Yokokawa Seita
Mao Sasaki's headshot

Mao Sasaki

Setsuko
Ikki Sawamura's headshot

Ikki Sawamura

Kiyoshi
Yui Natsukawa's headshot

Yui Natsukawa

Kyoko
Nanako Matsushima's headshot

Nanako Matsushima

Hisako
Mao Inoue's headshot

Mao Inoue

Natsu,Keiko
Mayuko Fukuda's headshot

Mayuko Fukuda

Hana
Jun Kaname's headshot

Jun Kaname

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