Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

2h 28m 2005 Drama Japan
Budget: - Revenue: -

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.

Director

Tōya Satō

Writer

Yumiko Inoue