Grave of the Fireflies (2005)

Name: Grave of the Fireflies
Genre: Drama
Released: 2005-11-01
Duration: 148 min
Cast: Hoshi Ishida, Mao Sasaki, Ikki Sawamura, Yui Natsukawa, Nanako Matsushima

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.

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Released 2005-11-01 · 148 min · Drama

Directed by Tōya Satō

Cast

Hoshi Ishida as Yokokawa Seita
Mao Sasaki as Setsuko
Ikki Sawamura as Kiyoshi
Yui Natsukawa as Kyoko
Nanako Matsushima as Hisako
Mao Inoue as Natsu,Keiko
Mayuko Fukuda as Hana
Jun Kaname
Tsuyoshi Ihara as Genzo
So Yamanaka