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Grave of the Fireflies

火垂るの墓 (Hotaru no haka)

Grave of the Fireflies

Released
1988

Length
89m

Director
Isao Takahata

Producer(s)

Toru Hara

In the latter part of World War II, a boy and his sister, orphaned when their mother is killed in the firebombing of Tokyo, are left to survive on their own in what remains of civilian life in Japan. The plot follows this boy and his sister as they do their best to survive in the Japanese countryside, battling hunger, prejudice, and pride in their own quiet, personal battle.

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