Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies)

Year: 1988
Director: Isao Takahata
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese (English Subs Hard Subbed)
Duration: 85 Minutes
Genre: Drama, Anti-War, Tear Jerker
Plot: Setsuko and Seita are brother and sister living in wartime Japan. After their mother is killed in an air raid they find a temporary home with relatives. Having quarreled with their aunt they leave the city and make their home in an abandoned shelter. While their father's destiny who was a soldier is unknown the two must depend on each other to somehow keep a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs. When everything is in short supply, they gradually succumb to hunger and their only entertainment is the light of the fireflies.

This is, my favorite film of all time. However, this is also the movie that I will never watch again. I know that this kind of spoils it, but I must say it, you probably figure out what happens in the first scene of the movie. This is the saddest film of all time. The scenes in this film will touch you emotionally in a way that you have never been touched before. Unless you don't have a heart you will cry in this film. Whenever I tried to watch this film again, I kept crying so much that I just had to turn it off. And, to make matters worse, this film is based on a true story. :'(

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