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.
Genre: Animation, Drama, War Actors: Akemi Yamaguchi, Atsuo Omotem, Ayano Shiraishi, Hajime Maki, Hiroshi Tanaka, Kazumi Nozaki, Kiyoshi Yanagawa, Kozo Hashida, Kyoko Moriwaki, Masahiro Kanetake, Masayo Sakai, Michio Denpo, Mika Sekita, Shiro Tamaki, Teruhisa Harita, Tsutomu Tatsumi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Yoshio Matsuoka Directors: Isao Takahata Production: Studio Ghibli
