Why do fireflies have to die so soon?
Original title
火垂るの墓
Released
4/16/1988
Origin country
JP
Genre
Animation, Drama, War
Production companies
Studio Ghibli
Budget
$3,700,000.00
Revenue
$516,962.00
Runtime
1hr 29min
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
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