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Grave of the Fireflies (2005)

2h 28m • 2005 • HD

After Allied bombs destroy her Tokyo home, Hisako flees with her two children to a Kobe suburb, staying with her cousin Kyoko. Her husband is still fighting overseas. When Kobe itself is firebombed, Kyoko dies, leaving Hisako to care for Kyoko’s two children along with her own. With food scarce, she struggles to keep all four fed.

Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Cast: Hoshi Ishida, Mao Sasaki, Ikki Sawamura, Yui Natsukawa, Nanako Matsushima, Mao Inoue, Mayuko Fukuda, Jun Kaname, Tsuyoshi Ihara, So Yamanaka
Tags
world war ii single mother brother sister  starvation fire bombing children in wartime brother and sister
Grave of the Fireflies

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