Grave of the Fireflies

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.

Genre: Drama

Stars: Hoshi Ishida, Mao Sasaki, Ikki Sawamura, Yui Natsukawa, Nanako Matsushima, Mao Inoue

Crew: Tōya Satō (Director), Yumiko Inoue (Writer), Akiyuki Nosaka (Short Story)

Country: Japan

Language: 日本語

Studio: Nippon Television Network Corporation

Runtime: 148 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Nov 01, 2005

IMDb: 3.1

Keywords:world war ii, single mother, starvation, fire bombing, children in wartime

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