Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

148 mins | Drama | Nov. 1, 2005

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.

Grave of the Fireflies

148 mins | Drama | Nov. 1, 2005

Grave of the Fireflies
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Nippon Television Network Corporation
Original title 火垂るの墓
Directors Tōya Satō
Writers Yumiko Inoue, Akiyuki Nosaka

Cast

Hoshi Ishida

as Yokokawa Seita

Mao Sasaki

as Setsuko

Ikki Sawamura

as Kiyoshi

Yui Natsukawa

as Kyoko

Nanako Matsushima

as Hisako

Mao Inoue

as Natsu,Keiko

Mayuko Fukuda

as Hana

Tsuyoshi Ihara

as Genzo