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Grave of the Fireflies
During the Second World War, two young siblings, Seita and Satsuko, who have separated from his parents after an American bomb, the thing that brings terrible for them and makes their life in danger, as they struggle against survival in such a hard atmosphere.
9 February 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
29 July 1982, Conroe, Texas, USA
January 1, 1934 in Kyoto, Japan
20 April 1975, Houston, Texas, USA
16 February 1971, San Rafael, California, USA
4 December 1965, USA
1975, Miami, Florida, USA
July 30, 2010
The ephemeral fireflies, which fascinate the children and accompany them everywhere, become a potent and lyrical symbol of the fragility, brevity and beauty of life.
May 27, 2013
The stylised images suit the simplicity and gravity of a grim story of love, sacrifice and survival in the face of adult indifference and cruelty.
November 30, 2013
...a well-made and heartfelt drama that's just not as engrossing as it should be.
December 15, 2010
Japanimation WWII tragedy the saddest. Cartoon. Ever.
May 23, 2013
The idea that "War is Hell" has almost become something of a climatic cliché, but Takahata's film explores this well-worn slogan from new, exciting and harrowing angles.
May 23, 2013
There are magical moments of natural beauty and childish delight, too - which only make the tragedy even more harrowing.
January 01, 2000
An emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation.
May 14, 2013
Isao Takahata's powerful anti-war movie is all the more harrowing for the care we invest in its beautifully drawn children.
February 20, 2014
Isao Takahata's masterpiece is one of the most profound anti-war statements ever brought to cinema
July 11, 2013
Such odd hopefulness, flitting around a child, mixed with the overwhelmingly sad, pervades Isao Takahata's film. And all around Seita and Setsuko, nature, in the face of human destruction and tragedy, persists in its beauty.
July 14, 2002
Writer-director Isao Takahata, a frequent collaborator of Miyazaki's at Studio Ghibli, adapted a partly autobiographical novel by Akiyuki Nosaka, and his handling of the tragic story is masterfully understated.
May 24, 2013
We're so used to seeing the human spirit triumph. Here, we're allowed to understand how it might fail.

