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Plot: Isao Takahata's powerful antiwar film has been praised by critics wherever it has been screened around the world. When their mother is killed in the firebombing of Tokyo near the end of World War II, ...( read more read more... )

The strength of Grave of the Fireflies lies in Takahata's evenhanded portrayal of the characters. A sympathetic doctor, the greedy aunt, the disinterested cousins all know there is little they can do for Seita and Setsuko. Their resources, like their country's, are already overtaxed: anything they spare endangers their own survival. As in the Barefoot Gen films, no mention is made of Japan's role in the war as an aggressor; but the depiction of the needless suffering endured by its victims transcends national and ideological boundaries. --Charles Solomon

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Recent Reviews

  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 25, 2008
    It's a good movie but it is so sad I have been depressed for days. It was horrible that way but it's touching and well made.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 24, 2008
    I cried at this one. Is sad and shows what those left behind mostly the women and children have to endure for the sake of men waging war.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 20, 2008
    I've waited all my life for an animated movie like this, and its been right in front of me for twenty years.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 15, 2008
    People complain about the sad ending. But still, I believe the director purposely built up the movie for a huge and impactful 'bang' at the end of the movie, which successfully captured the emotions of people living through WWII: grief and sorrow and desperation. A true classic.

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  • adiko621
  • uberawesomerath
    I watched this with my family, my dad who was a marine for 15 years cried. No joke. It made me think of what I would do, and who Are really my friends?
    posted 335 days ago
  • WhereIsLove
    you dont even think about the fact it is animated...it is just so human.
    posted 469 days ago
  • LaggiexArexThexy
    i watched this with my guy mates. we were all sobbing at the end. it was absolutely terrible. but the movie was really REALLY good
    posted 473 days ago
  • aelric99
    A robot would to cry at this movie.
    posted 483 days ago
  • luiggy142
    una de las pocas peliculas del anime , si es ua obra maestra como disen, esta pelicula la puedes ver cuantas vese kieras y siempre te hara llorar, el siemple hecho de pensar que es uan historia real te parte el coraozon.

    es impresionanate la forma en que toman situaciones tan crudas como esta, pero esta pelicula no solo te hace llorar como se puede en la pelicula la relacion de setsuko y seita son muy unidos


    en conclusion es muy buna pelicula
    posted 509 days ago
  • panchof28
    watch it.. no matter what, just do it..... the most impressive animated film I've ever seen
    posted 600 days ago

Details

  • Rated: (Unrated)
  • Directed by: Isao Takahata
  • Genres: Animation, Art House & International, Drama, Kids & Family, Action & Adventure, Anime & Manga
  • Released: January 1, 1988
  • DVD Released: October 6, 1998

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