Grave of the Fireflies
MovieTitle | 火垂るの墓 |
User score | 7.9 |
Release date | Nov 1, 2005 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Tōya Satō |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Nippon Television Network Corporation |
Run time | 148 min. |
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.