Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

2005
2h 28m
7.9

7.9/10

113 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
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.

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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

world war ii single mother starvation fire bombing children in wartime

Quick Facts

Original Title 火垂るの墓
Release Date November 1, 2005
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0491652

Cast

Hoshi Ishida
Hoshi Ishida

Yokokawa Seita

Mao Sasaki
Mao Sasaki

Setsuko

Ikki Sawamura
Ikki Sawamura

Kiyoshi

Yui Natsukawa
Yui Natsukawa

Kyoko

Nanako Matsushima
Nanako Matsushima

Hisako

Mao Inoue
Mao Inoue

Natsu,Keiko

Mayuko Fukuda
Mayuko Fukuda

Hana

Jun Kaname
Jun Kaname

Tsuyoshi Ihara
Tsuyoshi Ihara

Genzo

So Yamanaka
So Yamanaka

Key Crew

Tōya Satō
Director
Yumiko Inoue
Writer