Grave of the Fireflies (2005)

overview : Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.

Release Date : Nov 01, 2005

Runtime : 2h 28m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Nippon Television Network Corporation

Countries : Japan

Keywords : world war ii, single mother, starvation, fire bombing, children in wartime