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Grave of the Fireflies
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During the Second World War, two young siblings, Seita and Satsuko, who have separated from his parents after an American bomb, the thing that brings terrible for them and makes their life in danger, as they struggle against survival in such a hard atmosphere.
During the Second World War, two young siblings, Seita and Satsuko, who have separated from his parents after an American bomb, the thing that brings terrible for them and makes their life in danger, as they struggle against survival in such a hard atmosphere.
Actors:
Shannon Conley,
Luci Christian,
Ayano Shiraishi,
Andrew Love,
Marcy Bannor,
Adam Gibbs,
Susan O. Koozin,
Blake Shepard,
Crispin Freeman,
Justin Doran,
Hiroshi Tanaka,
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Shannon Conley
Luci Christian
18 March 1973, Houston, Texas, USA
Ayano Shiraishi
Andrew Love
Marcy Bannor
Adam Gibbs
Susan O. Koozin
Blake Shepard
Crispin Freeman
9 February 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Justin Doran
18 April 1978
Hiroshi Tanaka
January 1, 1934 in Kyoto, Japan
Director:
Isao Takahata
Isao Takahata
29 October 1935, Ise, Mie, Japan
Country:
Japan
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Common Sense Media
December 15, 2010
Japanimation WWII tragedy the saddest. Cartoon. Ever.
January 01, 2000
An emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation.
July 30, 2010
The ephemeral fireflies, which fascinate the children and accompany them everywhere, become a potent and lyrical symbol of the fragility, brevity and beauty of life.
May 27, 2013
The stylised images suit the simplicity and gravity of a grim story of love, sacrifice and survival in the face of adult indifference and cruelty.
May 14, 2013
Isao Takahata's powerful anti-war movie is all the more harrowing for the care we invest in its beautifully drawn children.
May 24, 2013
We're so used to seeing the human spirit triumph. Here, we're allowed to understand how it might fail.
July 14, 2002
Writer-director Isao Takahata, a frequent collaborator of Miyazaki's at Studio Ghibli, adapted a partly autobiographical novel by Akiyuki Nosaka, and his handling of the tragic story is masterfully understated.
November 30, 2013
...a well-made and heartfelt drama that's just not as engrossing as it should be.
May 23, 2013
The idea that "War is Hell" has almost become something of a climatic cliché, but Takahata's film explores this well-worn slogan from new, exciting and harrowing angles.
February 20, 2014
Isao Takahata's masterpiece is one of the most profound anti-war statements ever brought to cinema
May 23, 2013
There are magical moments of natural beauty and childish delight, too - which only make the tragedy even more harrowing.
July 11, 2013
Such odd hopefulness, flitting around a child, mixed with the overwhelmingly sad, pervades Isao Takahata's film. And all around Seita and Setsuko, nature, in the face of human destruction and tragedy, persists in its beauty.

