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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781562197292
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1562197290
Label: Central Park Media
Manufacturer: Central Park Media
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Central Park Media
Release Date: October 07, 1998
Running Time: 89 minutes
Sales Rank: 64546
Studio: Central Park Media
Theatrical Release Date: 1988
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Isao Takahata's powerful antiwar film has been praised by critics wherever it has been screened around the world. When their mother is killed in the firebombing of Tokyo near the end of World War II, teenage Seita and his little sister Setsuko are left on their own: their father is away, serving in the Imperial Navy. The two children initially stay with an aunt, but she has little affection for them and resents the time and money they require. The two children set up housekeeping in a cave by a stream, but their meager resources are quickly exhausted, and Seita is reduced to stealing to feed his sister.
The strength of Grave of the Fireflies lies in Takahata's evenhanded portrayal of the characters. A sympathetic doctor, the greedy aunt, the disinterested cousins all know there is little they can do for Seita and Setsuko. Their resources, like their country's, are already overtaxed: anything they spare endangers their own survival. As in the Barefoot Gen films, no mention is made of Japan's role in the war as an aggressor; but the depiction of the needless suffering endured by its victims transcends national and ideological boundaries. --Charles Solomon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - An anime classic
Grave of the Fireflies is an adaptation of a semi-autobiographical novel written by Akiyuki Nosaka. The novel and film are set near the end of World War II in Japan. The bulk of the story is told through flashbacks, and it is a story about two children trying to survive after the bombing of Kobe.
On the first disc of this set, you can watch a storyboard version of the film, in addition to the regular version. The second disc includes: an interview with Roger Ebert, interview with ... Read More
Rating: - Incredible film, a must see
I rarely take the time to review movies or any other products that I order online, even if I really like them. But this is a true standout.
This is a tremendous film. It's focus is an aspect of WWII and the use of the atomic bomb that westerners, including myself, have managed to ignore. It concerns the lives of Japanese commoners during and after the war.
Anyway, I am a big tough guy, not prone to emotional displays of any type, but I really cried after this movie. I mean that ... Read More
Rating: - Wonderful tear jerker
I bought this after seeing it on Funination. It is a very sad tale, a 10 Kleenix at least but has much to offer in the way of art, Japanese culture and will show anyone interested that soldiers aren't the only ones who suffer in war!
Rating: - My favorite movie of all time
Hands down. Powerful. My desert island movie even with nothing to play it on, just in case aliens with DVD players arrive to save me.
In my book, no movie ever made comes close to the brilliance that is this movie. Your life is not complete until you've seen it.
Rating: - An experience like no other.
I had to pay a hefty price for this movie used from an Amazon vendor, but I found a like new copy and was glad I did as this is one of most emotionally driven anime... no, one of the most emotionally driven movies I've ever seen. The dark and depp colors used during the landscape and battle scenes will look beautiful, but it is eerie when combined with the sad, dark and sometimes macabre storyline. Everyone needs to see this movie at least once.
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