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    Grave of the Fireflies

    148'

    2005-11-01

    7.9

    Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingTōya SatōWritingYumiko Inoue

    Cast

    1

    Yokokawa Seita

    Hoshi Ishida

    1

    Setsuko

    Mao Sasaki

    2

    Kiyoshi

    Ikki Sawamura

    2

    Kyoko

    Yui Natsukawa

    4

    Hisako

    Nanako Matsushima

    2

    Natsu,Keiko

    Mao Inoue

    2

    Hana

    Mayuko Fukuda

    2

    Jun Kaname

    2

    Genzo

    Tsuyoshi Ihara

    1

    So Yamanaka

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Nippon Television Network Corporation
    • Vote Count: 121
    • Popularity: 1.9937
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:火垂るの墓

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