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Grave of the Fireflies

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.

2005 |2h 28m |  Drama

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Cast

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Hoshi Ishida

Yokokawa Seita

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Ikki Sawamura

Kiyoshi

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Yui Natsukawa

Kyoko

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Nanako Matsushima

Hisako

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Mao Inoue

Natsu,Keiko

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Mayuko Fukuda

Hana

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Jun Kaname

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Tsuyoshi Ihara

Genzo

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Sō Yamanaka

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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

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