Grave of the Fireflies

Movie

Animation

Drama

War

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

Date: 04/16/1988

Rating: 8.5

Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai, Kozo Hashida, Kazumi Nozaki, Yoshio Matsuoka, Masahiro Kanetake, Kiyoshi Yanagawa, Hajime Maki, Atsuo Omotem, Teruhisa Harita, Hiroshi Tanaka, Michio Denpo, Shiro Tamaki, Mika Sekita, Kyoko Moriwaki

Tsutomu Tatsumi

Ayano Shiraishi

Yoshiko Shinohara

Akemi Yamaguchi

Masayo Sakai

Kozo Hashida

Kazumi Nozaki

Yoshio Matsuoka

Masahiro Kanetake

Kiyoshi Yanagawa

Hajime Maki

Atsuo Omotem