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:
- 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
