I'm not much of an anime movie lover. However, for the past few days, my younger sister was insisting me to watch this movie named GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES. So I started seeing without delay. I would not have thought that an animated movie could tell such a beautifully tragic story without seeing it. But I was even more surprised when I found out that it was made in 1988! About 32 years ago today. When it was difficult to make cartoons. Making the movie with the help of a little technology is really incomparable. Directed by ISAO TAKAHATA. Author AKIYUKI NOSAKA. Let's come to the movie now.
Time: The end of World War II
Many Japanese towns were destroyed as a result of bombardment by the Americans. In this fire, the Japanese faced problems like homelessness, food crisis, etc. The image of all these things was revealed through two characters in this movie. One of these two characters is SEITA and the other is SETSUKA. They are siblings who were victims of the bombing. Their father served in the Japanese Navy who died in the war. And their mother died in a bomb attack. After the death of their parents comes down to a difficult time in their lives. This animated masterpiece is about the struggle for survival of these two brothers and sisters. The first shot of the film shows SEITA dead at a train station, and so we can guess throughout the movie we are in flashback by the boy's soul. The story of their survival is as heartbreaking as it is the truth of life. At the end of the movie, a kind of sad feeling will remain in the heart. It feels like emptiness has been created in the heart.
