Grave of the Fireflies (2005-Japan-NTV)

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TV Movie: Grave of the Fireflies
Romaji: Hotaru no Haka
Japanese: 火垂るの墓
Director: Toya Sato
Writer: Yumiko Inoue, Akiyuki Nosaka (novel)
Network: NTV
Episodes: 1
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Runtime: 21:00-23:43
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Nanako Matsushima plays Hisako, who loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. However, the area where they are staying is also bombed, and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone. In the end, to save her own children, Hisako allows the other two to die of starvation.

Notes

Based on Akiyuki Kosaka's best-selling novel "Hotaru no Haka (Grave of Fireflies)"
Related titles:
1. Grave Of The Fireflies (2008)

Cast

Nanako Matsushima - Hisako Sawano (35)
Hoshi Ishida - Seita Yokokawa (15)
Mao Sasaki - Setsuko Yokokawa (5)
Tsuyoshi Ihara - Genzo Sawano (39)
Mao Inoue - Natsu Sawano (16)
Jun Kaname - Yoshie Sawano (24)
Mayuko Fukuda - Hana Sawano
Narumi Iihara - Yuki Sawano
Shota Horie - Teizo Sawano
Katsuhisa Namase - Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Junkichi Orimoto - town council chairman Obayashi
Hideo Takamatsu - the rice shop man
Mansaku Fuwa - the farmer
Rie Okamoto - Motoko Matsui
Yasunori Danta - Eisaku Matsui
Ikki Sawamura - Kiyoshi Yokokawa
Yui Natsukawa - Kyoko Yokokawa
Keiko Kishi - Natsu Mitsumura
Akira Kubo

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