Grave of the Fireflies with Roger Ebert Letterboxed

[ix3chocopanda]

my eyes teared up again long after I'd finished watching the film.... T_____T

[hobomainia]

the saddest movie iv ever seen in my life.

[tekkentekken]

@hobomainia yes it is without a doubt , i dont think any movie will ever come close to this

[amrkafrawy85]

I am dying for the score that is in this video, any ideas as where i can find it?

[Dionn91]

@amrkafrawy85 you can download it in torrent or any other download site. i have it, the file is not that big, only like 600mb-ish. i can send it to you. lol

[SuperGohan2132]

@bigman1171 You really should learn about what you American did during that war. I don't say you did only bad, but that movie is about kids that didn't do anything to deserve a war like that.

[PadraikKasier]

@bigman1171; Bullshit. That's like saying "The Godfather" was nothing more than a bunch of mobsters running around New York trying to shoot each other, when it's got another layer to it. Go back to watching The Fast and The Furious, if this bores you so much.

[deejayalemus]

@bigman1171 By your logic Shindler's List was about a bunch of losers who worked in a factory for some rich German guy. It wasn't even in color either. GOTF did not moralize against the Americans, it was a human story set during the war and reflected the citizens understanding of the conflict (they were lied to to by a deified leader).

[bonvea]

@bigman1171 then you should never watch any english film anymore since all american films are solely pro-american

[WolfgangAmadeusGiles]

@bigman1171 because America is bad you slice of shit

[bigman1171]

@WolfgangAmadeusGiles people like you are the many reasons why i hate the usa and other westernized countries. your nothing more than a self racist/hating godless hippie. i dont like the us either and not because of your stupid reason, but because i find everyone here is a white hating athiest bitch like yourself. i hope iran invades and rapes your women in the name of god you worthless cocksucker peice of shit

[WolfgangAmadeusGiles]

@bigman1171 awful big words for such a little boy

[bigman1171]

@WolfgangAmadeusGiles awful big words for a little bitch

[billbillbill77]

@bigman1171 tried to made America look bad? America did look bad, there was no try.

[ScarletRacconian]

I watched both versions of this film, the live action and the cartoon. Gotta say, Mr. Ebert is pretty much completely right in saying that the surreal drawing style works so much better for the story that's being told. I couldn't take the live action version seriously, and while I do think that the story is more concrete there- here it just really pops out. It's one of the few films that really does work to the medium's advantage.

[Dan85046]

Watched this on U-Tube because it said it was an anti-war and a masterpiece and it is. Mr. Ebert is right. The film works as a cartoon better.

[CoolerKing37]

Yeah, a real bummer of a movie. Still really good though.

[animeslayerg]

His review his good to learn from.

[EatSomeSpaghetti]

I have never cried so HARD from a movie in my life; I sat there for ten minutes after even the credits had finished just bawling my eyes out. Damn...

[411811318152399]

I am unable to watch this film, it is just to depressing

[heylinspongesprite]

The only anime movie that has ever made me cry :( Beautiful film

[arsetothem]

watched this once, and once again with my friends... and never watched it again. IT HURTS SO BAD.

[RonnieNolanRaharjo]

This is based on a semi-autobiographical novel. In other words, based on the real life experiences of the author. He wrote the novel, Grave of the Fireflies, which was later adapted to an anime movie, in hope for atoning for his failure to save his sister's life in post-WW2 Japan. And I can guess, he might also be seeking forgiveness for surviving despite all that. Of course, it's not seeking forgiveness from his sister really, but from himself. She died in a similar manner to Setsuko.

[themags]

I cried when I first saw this movie 13 years ago. I showed it to my sister the next day and she cried. I had to hug her and wipe her tears. That following night, I showed the movie to my parents. My dad kept standing up and getting beer to avoid crying. My mom teared up. I teared up in all three viewings.

[BizzLeVrai]

I Cry to Grave of the Fireflies

true is one of the greatest war movie

[MyDenis0]

the thing about this tragedys is that there is no hipocrisy,no romanticism,there are no miracles no magic no idealized themes no lies there is just life depicted in its casual neutral force it depicts how things are and not how they should be which makes us ask why its like this?why isnt life as we want it to be.That only reveals our small onesided egoist view of life that we will never change.

[ZhouFantastic]

Any movie about war and children is just an automatic tearfest.

[DarkOrion27]

just say the movie was so fucking good and sad damn it

you don't need to make a 6 minutes video to sat that

[TheHouseOffice]

If you didn't cry during this movie you have no soul.

[zachplaysfallout3]

@TheHouseOffice i didnt cry,but this movie put me into a deep depression afterwards.what a life changing movie

[Reillin]

@zachplaysfallout3 maybe you should cry

[Volts48]

@TheHouseOffice I have an iron heart and usually I don't let films get me to get teary eyed. I sat through Toy Story 3 without a sniffle.

But Grave of the Fireflies? No matter how many times I watch it, I always get teary-eyed.

[Bradgilliswhammyman]

I've seen the live action japanese version of this. It is at least as good as the anime, it created such profound gray areas in human interactions. Is the Stepmom evil ? Is the town evil ? Did they abandon the children to die? I answered in the positive on most of these considering even in the most trying of circumstances you don't drive small children out of a town to die. In this case they were as destructive as the bombers.

[artrock101]

A great, great film.. another animated film that is almost as sad/emotional is When The Wind Blows... would be a great/harrowing double-feature.

[DEIMOSLOL]

well spoken.

[sop213]

This movie is pretty fucking good but its sooooooooo depressing.

[The2ndbrother]

This movie show how war is really like you see movies that make war look exiting but really this is what its like

[ScionAscendant]

I actually feel like the movie had a happy resolution, when you see think of the fact that they are together again and not in pain anymore.

[YourAverageJoeDavis]

Studio Ghibli should do more films about topics such as these, in my opinion after howl's moving castle it's slightly gone down hill..

[kr93lv]

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[jomarantolinbuy]

give out spare change

[TheDrunkenMonkeyinc]

I didnt know there was an english dub of the film but either way the films superb.

[deadeyeslave]

this movie bothered me

[jinkuchi1]

I'm 56 years old. My mental codition was unstable after seeing this movie. When I saw a small girl on the street, tears dropped from my eyes because of Setuko in this movie. It was so moving film ever made.

[RiderAndKallen]

The film was shown as the second part to a double feature in Japan. My Neighbor Totoro was the first part and was meant for children while this was meant for adults. As one can expect the movie did terrible in theaters since most people couldn't bear watching the whole movie and walked out.

[zaengo]

roger ebert lost his lower jaw and it didnt slow him down.

thats about as badass as a film critic can get.

[rfbarrington]

LETS GET THIS MOVIE ENOUGH VOTES TO GO FROM 124 TO 1 ON THE IMDB TOP 250

[wickedwitchwest12323]

this movie made me cry for like an hour

[BoaKumifan25]

I was moved to tears, this was a tragic movie.

[woolcladlad001]

OK just for the record: Setsuko was making what she thought was riceballs when it was really clumps of dirt (not fecal matter). Seita was horrified because he was witnessing his sister go through this physical/ mental decline and he couldn't do anything to help her (not because she was offering him her fecal matter).

[TheGIRROX]

@woolcladlad001 actually in the book it is her waste or fecal matter not dirt

[kopopo23]

@TheGIRROX so she's eating diarrhea? poor girl );

[Erniethecatisawesom]

Studio Ghibli is something amazing and all its own

[ericmsandoval]

at 2:00 those aren't mudpies she's making...those are her human waste.

[Tru3Innovator77]

@ericmsandoval that's impossible, diarrhea cannot be solid. She started suffering from diarrhea towards the end of the movie.

[Rahxephon63]

I bought this movie, and saw it only once and it has been like around 5 years since i have seen it and still...i couldn't muster the courage to see it again...its THAT depressing...perhaps one of the best war movie of all time.

[ChoboReviews]

Profoundly moving. The ONLY movie that has ever moved me to tears.

[TheWillRogers]

one of the only movies that has ever moved me to tears, and i can't even remember any of the other ones.

[terepotere]

I saw it. I think it's one of the saddest films ever made. If this one doesn't make you cry, I don't know which one does.

[N1Zer0]

@terepotere The Death of Justin Beiber would make them cry!

[YesWeCantaloupe]

Roger is right about an actress not being as effective. A great example is Pet Semetary where a kid plays a zombie. I didn't buy it; all I saw was a child actor in makeup. But an animated kid zombie would be scary as hell.

[screwthenet]

This was, is, and shall always be a classic and to me one of the greatest animes of all time. Easily an anime of epicleasian proportions,and I cant wait for the live action version.

[BoodaOfDoom]

i cried a few times

[16moviefan]

this movie was, without a doubt, the saddest movie i've ever seen. no other movie has done half as good a job at emotionally drawing me into it.

[alilondonmet]

this is film is heartbreaking, devastating!!! Seldom have I seen a better movie yet I had to often pause the film as the sadness of the scene was so hard to take in!!

[Eltroim]

This guy nailed it. He's so articulate.

Also the english dub was great! I hate japanese dubs.

[2naruto1]

i cried a bit when she was eating the mud balls....

[ThyChrysanthemum]

You know, when going into his talks about why animation works as a medium for this film Ebert inadvertently explained why anime or animated films and feature-lengths are a completely different form of medium, entertainment, and art from a live-action film.

There is a reason why things don't translate well when trying to evoke the same feeling or emotion from an animated movie to a live-action translation or vice versa. You're dealing with two completely different forms of expression.

[ApRiL3706]

i watched this movie today and im so sad and i cried a lot but it is a very good movie you can watched it on google.. click on videos and search grave of the fireflies and it should be a link to my space videos its an hour and 30 mintues long.....

[monimstarfox]

If only japan hadnt woken the sleeping giant 

[WiiLuxio]

My review-Grave of the Fireflies=Saddest movie ever...period.

[dannysimion]

i love roger ebert's opinion of the film. i think it was better to use this as an anime film and to give the viewers an idea of what was going through their heads as opposed to seeing them literally struggle....it helps to give more suspense and a more universal appeal to what the movie was about...

[Anime2LiveBy]

I finally forced myself to watch this film today. I, as an anime buff, knew of it and would be difficult to watch. And it is. No happy beginning or ending. It's about two siblings having to survive war all alone. It's true that war brings about the worst or the best in people. Damn I don't know how many times I wanted to get into the movie and punch the adults that did nothing for these kids. The older pre-pubescent brother was my hero, a guardian angel. This movie is as good as it gets.

[dannysimion]

I know, huh? The adults in this anime or probably back then were so fixated on rationed food, their own needs and forgot about compassion and helping a fellow human being in need. It's a shame seriously how realistic this show depicted on human nature....

[Anime2LiveBy]

@dannysimion Have you watched Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade...that's another excellent film.

[caramelizeme]

@Anime2LiveBy exactly the same story here

[redbandmagic]

I have cried during this movie like I have never cried during a movie before. It's an amazing experience.

[MonkeyDaDragon]

Man, he is trying so hard not to cry. I couldn't finish the movie and don't plan to either.

[dannysimion]

i hoped you finish watching it. at least to get the feeling of what perhaps could have been a true story. we may never know but i think you should watch it entirely. i did and it made me reflect alot of what we take for granted in modern times....

[MonkeyDaDragon]

@dannysimion I did manage to muster up the courage to finish the movie. I made sure I watched it alone. I cried myself to sleep, it was brutal, but an incredible movie. You truly have to watch it in Japanese audio to fully grasp the emotions.

[SaraQuita05]

@MonkeyDaDragon

Ohh, but you have to! Even though it was really, REALLY sad, I got through it and watched it(even though I cried a lot). D: Please watch the rest of it! =(

[Xenda]

Very insightful review, thanks for uploading!

[Chrispat8]

I normally don't agree with Roger Ebert, but I do agree w/ him 100% on this movie, this movie moved me to tears as well.

[kzundiverus]

I wonder if he cried.

[shanksworthy]

You really can hear the lump in his throat as he says "It moved me just about to tears".