Grave Of The Fireflies DVD (ENG SUB)

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Dialogue:

Japanese

Subtitle:

English / Traditional Chinese / Malay / off

Packing:

DVDs Box Set (NTSC - All Region)

Starring:

Nanako Matsushita & Natsukawa Yui

Story line:

A.K.A. Tombstone For Fireflies
2005 Release

The film is set in Kobe in World War 2, during the time when American bombers destroyed the city, killing over 100,000 people in the process. Setsuko and Seita are brother and sister living in wartime Japan. After their mother is killed in an air raid they find a temporary home with relatives. Having quarreled with their aunt they leave the city and make their home in an abandoned shelter. While their father's destiny who was a soldier is unknown the two must depend on each other to somehow keep a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs. When everything is in short supply, they gradually succumb to hunger and their only entertainment is the light of the fireflies.

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