Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Directed by Isao Takahata · 89 min · Animation, Drama, War
85.5 TOPICAL score · #203 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Grave of the Fireflies (1988, directed by Isao Takahata) has a TOPICAL score of 85.5 - ranked 203 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.3/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 8.5/10 (6,877 ratings) · IMDb 8.5/10. Wikipedia covers it in 57 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.3/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 8.5/10 (6,877 ratings) · IMDb 8.5/10
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 57 languages
- Still read139,838 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
“It received universal acclaim and is considered by many to be Takahata's masterpiece, one of the greatest animated films of all time, and a major work of Japanese animation.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10