Grave of the Fireflies
Movie • 1988 • Animation
ReportIn the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
This movie contains 20 potentially triggering events.
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The parents are not really in the picture, so the closest parent like figure is quite mean to the kids
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An aunt is verbally abusive toward two children, but there's no physical abuse
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Aunt verbally abuses main characters
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A dozen or so fireflies that were captured in a jar are discovered dead the next day, likely dying due to their naturally short lifespans.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Are there bugs?
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As the title suggests, fireflies appear in the movie, though only in a couple scenes.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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The mother has a breathing issue, and in some scenes, the camera gets close to a character's face, and sounds of breathing are heard
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A character is badly burned and later dies of her injuries. There are also multiple scenes of cremations, one of which shows the bodies.
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Not quite "excessive", but there are several shots of dead bodies which might be distressing.
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Both main characters die at young ages.
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Does a parent die?
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The mother dies after a bombing, father dies in a naval battle.
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Are there ghosts?
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Not necessarily a ghost, but the spirits of the main characters are shown in parts of the movie. They are highlighted red, in case if you are wondering where they appear.
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Main characters spend time at hospital at beginning. Mother dies there
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While the main characters are very thin this is due to them not having access to food. However, they do eat non food items many times due to desperation.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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pulvilli
Seito looks at the audience twice, once at the beginning and once at the end, implying that he can in fact see us and is telling us how he came to the fate that he did.
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the plot revolves around the two main characters losing their home and trying to survive on their own
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The movie is notorious for its tragic ending.
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I don't know why people think there are nuclear explosions in this movie, there are clearly none of them and firebombing isn't a type of nuke.
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