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Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 1, 2005

Runtime

2h 28m

Genres

Drama

User Score

79%

Original Title

火垂るの墓

Production Companies

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Director

Tōya Satō

Description

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.