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20052h 28mJapanese

Grave of the Fireflies

Drama
7.9
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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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DirectorTōya Satō

Keywords

world war iisingle motherstarvationfire bombingchildren in wartime

Cast

Hoshi Ishida as Yokokawa Seita

Hoshi Ishida

Yokokawa Seita

Mao Sasaki as Setsuko

Mao Sasaki

Setsuko

Ikki Sawamura as Kiyoshi

Ikki Sawamura

Kiyoshi

Yui Natsukawa as Kyoko

Yui Natsukawa

Kyoko

Nanako Matsushima as Hisako

Nanako Matsushima

Hisako

Mao Inoue as Natsu,Keiko

Mao Inoue

Natsu,Keiko

Mayuko Fukuda as Hana

Mayuko Fukuda

Hana

Jun Kaname

Jun Kaname

Tsuyoshi Ihara as Genzo

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Genzo

So Yamanaka

So Yamanaka

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