Grave of Fireflies
(1988)
Directed by Isao
Takahata this film based on the novel of the same name has voice
acting from Tsutomu Tatsumi and Ayano Shiraishi. A teenage boy
struggles to care for himself and his much younger sister during the
closing days of WW2.
If you want your heart
just brutally stomped on then this is the film for you, it is a
really good look at the harshness of surviving in a country at war as
well as a look at the isolation of childhood. Our heroes try to
remain positive and keep clear of the war going on all around them
but fail depressingly. The animation does a good job of recreating
the landscapes and hardships of war but maybe because of that is
never beautiful.
4/5
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