
The Narukami family and the Tsuchigumo family have protected Japan since ancient times. The Tsuchigumo family plotted to overthrow Japan through magic. In order to save this country, the Narukami clan approaches Tomoe, the only human who inherits the blood of both families. The demonic hands of the Tsuchigumo family are closing in on Tomoe! What is the fate of Japan?
What seems like such a simple story of survival is so much more than that—it’s a story of family, and of war, and of destruction. It’s painful to watch, but not in a bad way. It makes its audience reflect on their own actions, and in how they are complicit in the sufferings of others as the adults in this film are. Grave of the Fireflies does not hold back from being heartbreaking, and it shouldn’t. It tells a message that needs to be heard decades after the war, and a story that cannot be forgotten by history.
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