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Grave of the Fireflies
MEANRANK
89/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #7
- IMDb #7
- Google retired #6
- Rotten Tomatoes #4
- Metacritic #4
- Letterboxd #3
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #7
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #21
- Metacritic Critics #11
- Metacritic Audience #2
- Criticker #2
- Douban #34
- Kinopoisk #30
- AlloCiné #8
- Trakt #7
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 75, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100.
See the most agreed on films →In the final months of World War II, a young boy and his infant sister struggle to survive in war-torn Japan. Orphaned and homeless after their mother dies in an air raid, the boy does everything in his power to provide for his sister as they face relentless hunger, societal collapse, and the utter indifference of the world around them.
Details
- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Writer
- Isao Takahata
- Based on
- Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka
- Studio
- Studio Ghibli
- Released
- 16 April 1988
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $3.7M
- Box office
- $842.1K
- Awards
- 3 wins, 0 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →3 wins from 3 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Chicago International Children's Film Festival 1994 | Animation Jury Award | Isao Takahata | Winner |
| Chicago International Children's Film Festival 1994 | Rights of the Child Award | Isao Takahata | Winner |
| Blue Ribbon Awards 1989 | Special Award | Isao Takahata | Winner |
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3 awards — Grave of the Fireflies
×| Animation Jury Award | Isao Takahata | Winner |
| Rights of the Child Award | Isao Takahata | Winner |
| Special Award | Isao Takahata | Winner |