Grave of the Fireflies
Released: November 1, 2005Runtime: 148 minLanguage: JA
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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Yasunori Danta
as Eisaku Matsui (Motoko's husband)
Mayuko Fukuda
as Hana Sawano (Natsu's sister)
Mansaku Fuwa
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Shota Horie
as Teizo Sawano (Natsu's brother)
Tsuyoshi Ihara
as Genzo Sawano (Hisako's husband)
Narumi Iihara
as Yuki Sawano (Natsu's sister)
Mao Inoue
as Keiko Mitsumura (Natsu's granddaughter)
Hoshi Ishida
as Seita Yokokawa (Setsuko's big brother)
Jun Kaname
as Yoshie Sawano (Genzo's brother)
Keiko Kishi
as Natsu Mitsumura (old)
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