GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1988) : MOST DEVASTATING MOVIE EVER WATCHED
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1988) Language : Japanese Release date : 16 April, 1988 Cuntry : Japan IMDb : 8.5/10 Rotten Tomatoes : 100% My rating : 8.7/10 STORY Grave of the fireflies is an animated war movie based on the consequences of World War II. The movie is about two siblings, an elder brother and younger sister, Seita and Setsuko. The story starts with a teenager boy with tatters on his body lying on the ground with a support of a pillar in a railway station. There was hardly any energy left in his body and there was no hope of living in his eyes. He starved to death in the same spot. A janitor of station inspected his dead body and found a ragged tin of candy. He threw that tin in a grass field full of fireflies that night. Two figures emerged between those fireflies. Spirit of boy, Seita from railway station and a girl child, Setsuko were playing between those fireflies. Next scene was from the past from World war II. Seit
