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Grave of the Fireflies
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.
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“Why do fireflies have to die so soon?”
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- Apr 16, 1988
- 1h 29m
- Japanese
- Isao Takahata
- Isao Takahata, Akiyuki Nosaka
- Released
- $3.7M
- $842.1K
