11/28/2008

Eighteenth: Grave of the Fireflies


Alternative title: 
Das Grab der Leuchtkäfer (German)
Die letzten Glühwürmchen (German)
Die Letzten Leuchtkäfer (German)
Eldflugornas grav (Swedish)
Graf van de Vuurvliegjes (Dutch)
Grobowiec świetlików (Polish)
Hotaru No Haka (Japanese)
Hrob svetlusek
La Tumba de las Luciernagas (Spanish)
Le tombeau des lucioles (French)
O Túmulo dos Pirilampos (Portuguese)
Szentjánosbogarak sírja
Tombstone of the Fireflies
Tulikärpästen hauta
Túmulo dos Vaga-lumes (Portuguese)
Una Tomba Per Le Lucciole (Italian)
Могила светлячков (Russian)
קבר הגחליליות
سيتا الأخ الحنون (Arabic)
火垂るの墓 (Japanese)
반딧불의 묘 (Korean)
Genres: drama 
Themes: Historical, Military, War, World War Two 
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence) 
Plot Summary: On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air-raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling-out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the losing end of the war.

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