Release Date | 1988-04-16 |
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Runtime | 89 minutes |
Genres | Animation, Drama, War |
Stars | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Kozo Hashida |
Directors | Tooru Hara, Isao Takahata, Akiyuki Nosaka, Isao Takahata, Michio Mamiya |
In 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.