Grave of the Fireflies [火垂るの墓]
- Release Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Animation
- Drama
- War
- Directed By
- Isao Takahata
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.
