Jul 05, 2008
100 min
Full-HD

Tombstone of the Fireflies (2008)

Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.

Category

Drama War

Country

Japan

Companies

Bandai Visual TV Tokyo Pony Canyon Eisei Gekijo Sakumaseika TORNADO FILM Jolly Roger Pal Entertainments Production

Reo Yoshitake

Seita

Rina Hatakeyama

Setsuko

Keiko Matsuzaka

Widow

Seiko Matsuda

Yukiko

Chizuru Ikewaki

Yoshio Harada

Hiromi Chino

Kimie Honjo

Jun Etoh

Masao Honjo

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