grave of the fireflies full movie english dubbed download

This film shows what happens to a small, seemingly insignificant pair of children, trying to get a roof over their heads and have a bit to eat. Often their words sound good and we embrace those words. We give great power to the power structure that makes the decision to wage conflict. Lost in the mix are the civilians who die horrible deaths-not just from the weapons of war but from disease and starvation.

When war is waged, we often think of it as this army against that army. This is a film about the sad reality of war. There are many memorable sequences, but one that springs to mind is the one with the nocturnal fireflies, which is something of true melancholic beauty. The characters are easy to relate, Setsuko isn't precocious or obnoxious, instead she is quite cute, and Seita shows real love for his sister as well as being a strong protagonist. The story is harrowing, as it details Seita and Setsuko's hopelessness. The music is both haunting and melancholic and one of the main reasons why the film is as it is. The animation is amazingly detailed, the backgrounds and characters are drawn with such care and you just marvel at the detail that goes into it. I find it very difficult to fight back tears at the film's end. It is slow moving perhaps and 'depressing' but it is very poignant as well. A film that is once seen and never forgotten, a film that is beautiful, haunting and emotionally devastating. Watership Down yes, Bambi yes, Secret of NIMH yes, Beauty and the Beast yes, Land Before Time yes, but Grave of the Fireflies is in a different league. What an amazing film! Very rarely have I been moved this much by an animated film. Oddly, when the film was released, it was combined with MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO as a double-feature!!! This was so wrong-combining a sweet movie targeted for the youngest kids in the audience with this realistic and heart-wrenching film about death and starvation! What were they thinking?! I do recommend you see the film, but if possible, try to find the Japanese language version with subtitles. I do NOT recommend this to younger or less mature kids. Although it will probably depress your older kids, it would be a good film to watch with them provided you take the time to discuss the film and process what they see as it is a disturbing episode in history. The film is apparently based on the writer's own experiences and is extremely important for adults and older kids, as it gives a side of war that is seldom mentioned in films. The movie is spent trying to survive on their own and deal with starvation. The story is about two siblings whose mother is killed early in the film during a fire bombing. This is all pretty sad, as the film itself is a marvelous film featuring some of the better animation I have ever seen and exceptional production values. So, to me, it just didn't seem appropriate having the characters sounding like Americans-this seemed a bit tacky. While this may not matter as much with some full-length Anime movies, this one was based on real people living through the final months of WWII with all its privations on the Japanese people. The version shown on TCM was dubbed and I think the dubbing detracted from the film because the characters didn't seem the least bit Japanese. Had I been able to see this film in Japanese subtitles, I might have scored it higher.

Grave of the fireflies full movie english dubbed download