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Grave of the Fireflies (2005)

Grave of the Fireflies (2005)

Drama
Release Date: 2005, November 1
Directors: Tōya Satō
Countries: Japan
Production: Nippon Television Network Corporation
Cast: Yui Natsukawa, Ikki Sawamura, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Nanako Matsushima, Hoshi Ishida, Mayuko Fukuda, Mao Inoue, Mao Sasaki

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.

Keywords:

world war ii single mother starvation children in wartime brother and sister brother sister  fire bombing