Hotaru no haka (1988)Director: Isao Takahata
Writers: Akiyuki Nosaka and Isao Takahata
Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi and Ayano Shiraishi
Co-Starring: Yoshiko Shinohara and Akemi Yamaguchi
Description: 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.
Rating: B+
In a word... powerful.
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