1988 · 89 min · NR

Grave of the Fireflies

Name: Grave of the Fireflies
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Released: 1988
Duration: 89 min
Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai

Directed by Isao Takahata · Animation, Drama, War

Grave of the Fireflies (1988) is a Animation film, directed by Isao Takahata set in Kobe during the 1940s, in summer. It runs 89 minutes and is rated NR.

A survival, with a bleak and melancholic tone. Themes of survival, grief & loss, and war's cost play out through frame narrative and non linear / fractured timeline.

Composer

Michio Mamiya

Cinematography

Nobuo Koyama

Cast

Tsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiYoshiko ShinoharaAkemi YamaguchiMasayo SakaiKozo HashidaKazumi NozakiYoshio Matsuoka

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Kobe

Setting

Urban

When

1940s

Season

Summer

Premise & themes

Premise

Survival

Themes

Survival Grief & Loss War's Cost

Structure

Frame Narrative Non Linear / Fractured Timeline

Tone

BleakMelancholic

Shape

Protagonist

Two HanderChild Lead

Pacing

Measured

Based on

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