Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
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.
- Isao Takahata
- Yoshiyuki Momose
- Isao Takahata
- Akiyuki Nosaka
Rating: 8.456/10 by 5553 users
Alternative Title:
Hotaru no Haka - JP
Tombstone for Fireflies - US
再见萤火虫 - CN
Die letzten Leuchtkäfer - DE
再見螢火蟲 - HK
Graf van de Vuurvliegjes - NL
Cemitério dos Vagalumes - BR
Căn hầm đom đóm - VN
Jaanimardikate haud - EE
Jonvabalių kapas - LT
سيتا الحنون - SA
Mormântul Licuricilor - RO
Mộ đom đóm - VN
Могила светлячков - BY
Zoi Gin Jing Fo Cung - HK
Una tomba per le lucciole - IT
Hotaru no Haka - US
ग्रेव ऑफ फिरेफ़्लिएस - IN
火垂るの墓 - JP
Túmulo dos Vagalumes - BR
Grave of the Fireflies สุสานหิ่งห้อย - TH
O Túmulo dos Pirilampos - PT
Grave of the Fireflies - US
Ateşböceklerinin Mezarı - TR
La tumba de las luciérnagas - ES
반딧불의 묘 - KR
Atəşböcəyinin Məzarı - AZ
Country:
Japan
Language:
日本語
Runtime: 01 hour 29 minutes
Budget: $3,700,000
Revenue: $516,962
Plot Keyword: sibling relationship, hunger, world war ii, wartime, shelter, adult animation, semi autobiographical, anti war, anime, orphan siblings, children in wartime, earnest, empathetic, tragic
The terrible story of two orphaned Japanese kids during the ending of WWII. Incredibly well told and totally moving, without using clichés. A must seen in the anime arena.
This was the first animated movie that made me cry as an adult. It still does. Two children are left as orphans in World War 2 and have to survive. Such a basic premise, but this shows intimately what the effects of war are on children (a topic not covered by other movies). And as it's about children, it has more of an emotional impact. Described as one of the greatest war movies of all time by Roger Ebert, the work of art will impact you like no other anime. Its interesting to note that this was released originally with My Neighbour Totoro. Both are films about childhood. But where Totoro is about innocence maintained and the joy of childhood, **Fireflies is innocence lost**, a light dimmed after a short period.
