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Movie Review - Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

23 May 2013 6:39 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Grave of the Fireflies, (Japanese: Hotaru no haka) 1988.

Directed by Isao Takahata.

Featuring the voice talents of J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Amy Jones and Veronica Taylor.

Synopsis:

A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary and UK theatrical debut, Studio Ghibli and director Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies is released May 24th. I came to the film having been recommended it for years; it’s a classic war film, a beautiful piece of animation, a great tearjerker. And I can see that it is all of these, though it wasn’t consistently powerful throughout (put that down to the power of hype). Despite this though it’s a terrific, elegiac film, directed and animated with sensitivity and elegant taste.

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