GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES

ISAO TAKAHATA | JAPAN | 1988 | 88 MIN | NR | JAPANESE 

One of the most celebrated anime of all time from legend Isao Takahata (PRINCESS KAGUYA) is a sobering war drama about two war orphaned siblings’ fight for survival amidst the waning days of conflict in the Pacific theater of WWII.

Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi

Part of the Philadelphia Film Society’s Lost in Animation series.

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