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. false 2025-10-30 21:31:57 火垂るの墓 plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=lhlh7JVcTt8 plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=OZb_NhnrzDs plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=QZbcx0WNrMU plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=Vu6lvl3sDH4 8.446 1988 PG-13 12477 tt0095327 12477 1988-04-16 1988-04-16 1988-04-15 100 89 Why do fireflies have to die so soon? Japan Animation Drama War Sentai Filmworks Studio Ghibli adult animation anime anti war Autobiographical children in wartime distressing Educational Family Life Female Protagonist grim Historical Homeless hunger Male Protagonist Military Orphan orphan siblings pacific theater Primarily Child Cast Rural semi autobiographical shelter sibling relationship struggle for survival Survival Tragedy War wartime world war ii 332 578 D:\Movies\Grave of the Fireflies (1988)\cover.jpg D:\Movies\Grave of the Fireflies (1988)\backdrop.jpg tt0095327 PGSSUB PGSSUB 1920 1080 jpn progressive True False PGSSUB PGSSUB 1920 1080 eng progressive False False PGSSUB PGSSUB 1920 1080 zho progressive False False PGSSUB PGSSUB 1920 1080 zho progressive False False