Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

90

IMDb 1096

8.5

/310598/

Trakt

85

/7041/

TMDb

84

/5193/

Letterboxd

4.5

/413246/

Tomatoes

100

Audience

95

/69922/

Metacritic

94

/16/

MAL

8.5

/401093/

RogerEbert

4.0

Runtime: 89 min.

Status: Released

Certification: PG-13

Parental Guide: 15+

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.

Genres: Animation, Anime, Drama, War

Keywords: tmdb.sibling-relationship, imdb.hunger, tmdb.world-war-ii, imdb.shelter, tmdb.wartime, tmdb.anime, tmdb.orphan-siblings + 57 more, tmdb.children-in-wartime, tmdb.anti-war, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.horrors-of-war, imdb.older-actors-younger-roles, imdb.studio-ghibli, imdb.piggyback-ride, imdb.train-station, imdb.year-1945, imdb.maggot-infested-corpse, imdb.burning-houses, imdb.tin-can, imdb.abandoned-mine, imdb.2d-animation, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.in-medias-res, imdb.imitating-the-firing-of-a-gun, imdb.male-tears, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.emaciation, tmdb.hunger, tmdb.shelter, imdb.orphan, imdb.food, imdb.survival, imdb.older-brother-younger-sister, imdb.theft, imdb.insect, imdb.homelessness, imdb.ghost, imdb.doctor, imdb.illness, imdb.child, imdb.imperial-japan, imdb.japan, imdb.japanese, imdb.firefly, imdb.air-raid, imdb.disaster, imdb.starvation, imdb.mature-animation, imdb.female-frontal-nudity, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.traditional-animation, imdb.yankee, imdb.housefly, imdb.for-grown-ups-animation, mdblist.metacritic-must-see, imdb.fish, imdb.sibling-relationship, imdb.hugging, imdb.hand-drawn-animation, tmdb.adult-animation, imdb.1940s, imdb.female-full-frontal-nudity, imdb.stand-alone-movie-without-sequel, mdblist.fresh

Production companies: Studio Ghibli, Shinchosha Company

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

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.

Genres: Animation, Anime, Drama, War

Keywords: tmdb.sibling-relationship, imdb.hunger, tmdb.world-war-ii, imdb.shelter, tmdb.wartime, tmdb.anime, tmdb.orphan-siblings + 57 more, tmdb.children-in-wartime, tmdb.anti-war, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.horrors-of-war, imdb.older-actors-younger-roles, imdb.studio-ghibli, imdb.piggyback-ride, imdb.train-station, imdb.year-1945, imdb.maggot-infested-corpse, imdb.burning-houses, imdb.tin-can, imdb.abandoned-mine, imdb.2d-animation, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.in-medias-res, imdb.imitating-the-firing-of-a-gun, imdb.male-tears, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.emaciation, tmdb.hunger, tmdb.shelter, imdb.orphan, imdb.food, imdb.survival, imdb.older-brother-younger-sister, imdb.theft, imdb.insect, imdb.homelessness, imdb.ghost, imdb.doctor, imdb.illness, imdb.child, imdb.imperial-japan, imdb.japan, imdb.japanese, imdb.firefly, imdb.air-raid, imdb.disaster, imdb.starvation, imdb.mature-animation, imdb.female-frontal-nudity, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.traditional-animation, imdb.yankee, imdb.housefly, imdb.for-grown-ups-animation, mdblist.metacritic-must-see, imdb.fish, imdb.sibling-relationship, imdb.hugging, imdb.hand-drawn-animation, tmdb.adult-animation, imdb.1940s, imdb.female-full-frontal-nudity, imdb.stand-alone-movie-without-sequel, mdblist.fresh