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- While it shares the engaging visual depth of, say, Ghibli hit Spirited Away, Grave Of The Fireflies is a very sobering, adult tale of how the bombing of Japan during World War II affects two impoverished children, determined to survive on their own terms. A devastating heart-stab of a movie, this certainly isn't a family film.
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Mar 19, 2000 · “Grave of the Fireflies” is a powerful dramatic film that happens to be animated, and I know what the critic Ernest Rister means when he compares it to “Schindler’s List” and says, “It is the most profoundly human animated film I’ve ever seen.”
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An achingly sad anti-war film, Grave of the Fireflies is one of Studio Ghibli's most profoundly beautiful, haunting works. Read Critics Reviews
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- Isao Takahata
WWII anime tragedy is the saddest cartoon EVER. Read Common Sense Media's Grave of the Fireflies review, age rating, and parents guide.
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- Isao Takahata
Jan 3, 2019 · Grave of the Fireflies. NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Isao Takahata. Animation, Drama, War. 1h 29m. Find Tickets. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site...
- Isao Takahata
Known in the English-speaking world as Grave of the Fireflies or, in some countries, Tombstone for Fireflies, Hotaru no haka is the single most powerful anti-war film I have ever seen. As a work of art, it ranks among Picasso's Guernica and Elgar's cello concerto.
Grave of the Fireflies (Japanese: 火垂るの墓, Hepburn: Hotaru no Haka) is a 1988 Japanese animated war drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata, and produced by Studio Ghibli. It is based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka.
Perhaps the most depressing but vital movie produced by animation giant Studio Ghibli, Grave of the Fireflies is a searing and sweeping drama that covers the horrors of World War II through the eyes of teenager Seita and his young sister Setsuko.
