
Grave of the Fireflies
- Directed by
- Isao Takahata
- Starring
- Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi
- Duration
- 88 min.
- Year
- 1988
In World War II Japan, a teenager and his little sister are left to fend for themselves after their mother dies in the massive bombing of Kobe. They find refuge in a disused bunker lit up at night by thousands of fireflies. A masterpiece of Japanese animation, inspired by a semi-autobiographical short story of the same name.