Mom is seriously wounded and found wrapped in bandages at a hospital, where she dies shortly after. Their fatal struggle for survival begins right at the start, when both are bombed out of house and home by American B-29s. Not just an astonishingly great (and, at the risk of coming off as clichperfect) work of art, this is a moving, thought-provoking, and ultimately heartbreaking tale about the loss of innocence and the tragedies of war.īased on an autobiography by Akiyuki Nosaka, the film, set during the bombing of Japan in –of all times– World War II, centers on Seita, a loving, headstrong Navy soldier’s son and his innocent little sister, Setsuko. Truly one of Studio Ghibli’s greatest crowning achievements, GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES is a brilliant masterpiece fully deserving of a place in any of the best movies ever made.
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