Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no haka)


Director Isao Takahata (Takahata Isao in Japanese)


Year of production: 1988


   The anime film is based on a short story (1967) by Akiyuki Nosaka.

   The film shows Second World War (War in the Pacific) from the opposite side – through the eyes
of people in Japan who suffered heavily from shortage of food and from air raids. Two children – a
brother and a sister – find it difficult to survive in the cruel conditions at the end of the war.


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Youtube as of Sept 2020

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Japanese, with English subtitles (YT link as of 26 Sept 2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4aGHrRRfAQ&t=1009s

Dubbed into English (YT link as of Oct 2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFsy1NoGlNo