movie review - Grave of the Fireflies
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Halifax, 2004.03.03
This is a delightful little romp about two sibling Japanese children who starve to death in the aftermath of world war two. As if the burning death of the mother, the death at sea of the father, and the episode where the kids are cheated by their aunt weren't bad enough, you get to watch a four year old die of starvation as this movie comes to a close. Yep.
Probably very accurate, too, I imagine.
Recommended. But buckle up, it's quite a ride.