Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Why do fireflies have to die so soon?

TMDb

8.5

16/04/1988 • 1h 29m
original-title

火垂るの墓

status

Released

production-companies

Studio Ghibli

original-language

Japanese

budget

$3,700,000

revenue

$516,962

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.

production-countries

Japan

spoken-languages

Japanese

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