Grave of the Fireflies (movie)
火垂るの墓- User score: 8.5
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Isao Takahata
- Production companies: Studio Ghibli
- Genre: Animation, Drama, War
- Budget: $3,700,000
- Revenue: $516,962
- Release date: 4/16/1988
- Run time: 89 min.
Movie description
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.
