Grave of the Fireflies
1988, PG, 93 min.
Directed by Isao Takahata, Voices by Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi.

In this animated film, a young boy and girl in the port city of Kobe, Japan, are made homeless by the Allied bombs that rained down on their city during the waning days of World War II.

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