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2005
  • Drama

Grave of the Fireflies

火垂るの墓
Runtime
2h 28m
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Countries
  • JP
  • Japan
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Languages
  • ja
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.

Crew
Akiyuki Nosaka
Novel
Tōya Satō
Director
Yumiko Inoue
Writer
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Cast
Ikki Sawamura
Kiyoshi
Yui Natsukawa
Kyoko
Nanako Matsushima
Hisako
Mao Inoue
Natsu,Keiko
Mayuko Fukuda
Hana
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Nov. 1, 2005
  • Original Language
    Japanese
  • Production Companies
    • Nippon Television Network Corporation

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