Grave of The Fireflies Movie Review

A Review of the 1988 animated war film by Isao Takahata for Studio Ghibli

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• Studio Ghibli
• Isao Takahata
• war

[devious222]

oh my god.. the english dubs make me cringe!.. seriously its like 50 times better in japanese with eng subs.. which is saying a lot because i'm sure it's still fantastic in english. seita and setsuko's english voice makes me want to punch the voice actors... I can't watch it.

[Mylie350]

True words, this movie was simply incredible!

[19sorley]

Watched it twice in 3 days-once in English and once in Japanese with subtitles.Prefer the native language.I would like to have watched it more but it was too upsetting.A supreme tour de force in any language,in any genre.One of the best movies I have ever seen. Watch it and learn.

[jimmy20097]

I watched the film few years ago and like it. Amazing and really emotional.

[DareYouNotToClick1]

@SurvivorsOfTitanic Wow, two words and he flies off the handle. Calm down.

[SurvivorsOfTitanic]

@DareYouNotToClick1

Aren't you mature and open-minded calling someone gay because they express their honest opinion in a civilized manner? Go back to grade school to learn some respect and get rid of that homophobic vocabulary before making a dickhead out of yourself on the internet. Unless, of course, you're a troll, in which case you may continue being totally ignorant and disrespectful.

[DareYouNotToClick1]

@SurvivorsOfTitanic you're gay

[x0misstwilight0x]

This film was simply amazing

Japanese or English, i loved it, not all the depressing stuff (obv) but the story line was so detailed...i cried a number of times at this film.

This is a must see! But this film is NOT for those who get upset easily..

but still... Studio Ghibli! You Rock!

[SurvivorsOfTitanic]

I know some of you are gonna hate me for saying this, but I was kind of disappointed with this movie. I had such high expectations for it, since I had heard nothing but praise about how powerful and sad it is, but quite honestly I found it pretty boring. That being said, I hate war-movies in general, so that could have influenced by opinion. 

[GatakikiMiho]

あ、日本人が戦時中に英語話してるやん

[iateyursandwiches]

@Changyui no acutally the war general of japan just wouldn't surrender(though the emperor did want to) until they dropped the bombs. don't get me wrong that person saying japan is the worst country ever is an ignorant twat who for some reason cant seem to realize that every country has done terrible things and the simple fact is that human beings in general can be very evil. but i was just sayin. oh btw he's probably a troll anyway though so he's just wasting everyone's time.

[chevalblanche22]

Hello: Well I want to say this is a very good review and yes people should see this. Not only because of what it embraces and moves you inside but because is the truth; in every war there has ever been the ones that suffer the most are the ones we don't want to see IINSIDE the people who lives through it and yet, are not the ones who were up to it and pay the consequences on others actions. Presidents, kings, ministers, religious dogmas, etc. no matter the source agression ends in more death.