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Grave of the Fireflies
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MOVIE • 2005
Grave of the Fireflies
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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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Drama
Top Cast
Hoshi Ishida
Yokokawa Seita
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Mao Sasaki
Setsuko
Ikki Sawamura
Kiyoshi
Yui Natsukawa
Kyoko
Nanako Matsushima
Hisako
Mao Inoue
Natsu,Keiko
Mayuko Fukuda
Hana
Jun Kaname
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Tsuyoshi Ihara
Genzo
So Yamanaka
…
Tōya Satō
Director
Yumiko Inoue
Writer
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Akiyuki Nosaka
Short Story
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Hiroshi Koike
Production Design
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Theatrical release date: November 1, 2005
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FilmStatus
Released
Release
November 1, 2005
Runtime
148 min
Language
Japanese
Origin
Japan
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