Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Japan

Animation, Drama, War, Japanese Hindi Movies, Hindi Dubbed Movies, Hollywood Movies Hindi Dubbed, Anime Movies, Anime Movies Hindi Dub, Japanese Movies, Anime Movies English Dub, Anime Movies English Sub, Hollywood Movies, English Movies

Studio Ghibli

Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai, Kozo Hashida

Isao Takahata

Isao Takahata

NA

sibling relationship, hunger, world war ii, wartime, shelter, adult animation, semi autobiographical, anti war, anime, orphan siblings, children in wartime, earnest, empathetic, tragic

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.

Reviews:

Author: tanty
The terrible story of two orphaned Japanese kids during the ending of WWII. Incredibly well told and totally moving, without using clichés. A must seen in the anime arena.