Grave of the Fireflies

Name: Grave of the Fireflies
Rating: 7.9

Not Rated Drama

Starring: Hoshi Ishida, Mao Sasaki, Ikki Sawamura, Yui Natsukawa, Nanako Matsushima

Writer: Yumiko Inoue, Akiyuki Nosaka

Release Date:
November 1, 2005

Ratings:
7.9 / 10

Director:
Tōya Satō

Companies:
Nippon Television Network Corporation

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.

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