Grave of the Fireflies

2005 2h 28m JA

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7.9

BANGER

★7.9TMDB · 121

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hoshi Ishida
Yokokawa Seita
Mao Sasaki
Setsuko
Ikki Sawamura
Kiyoshi
Yui Natsukawa
Kyoko
Nanako Matsushima
Hisako
Mao Inoue
Natsu,Keiko
Mayuko Fukuda
Hana
Jun Kaname

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tōya Satō
Writers: Yumiko Inoue, Akiyuki Nosaka
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Hoshi Ishida and Mao Sasaki and Ikki Sawamura carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0491652 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tōya Satō directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 21 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Hoshi Ishida and Mao Sasaki and Ikki Sawamura carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0491652 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Classified under 8 themes, including "world war ii", "single mother", "brother sister ", "starvation".