Keep your kleenex close by. You will need them watching this heart-rending movie, Grave of the Fireflies (1988). It is an animated feature, but is not the usual science-fiction or fantasy. It is about two kids in Japan in WWII. And it is stark and sad, and beautiful and memorable, and sad again.
An air raid hits a city in Japan, the incendiary carpet bombing that would destroy whole areas. A mother does not survive and leaves her teenage son and toddler daughter to find their own way. And they try. Seita, the boy tries to take care of Setstuko, but they face an indifferent world, where even relatives care more about themselves than two orphans.
Slowly they start fading. Setsuko becomes ill, and sicker still. Seita becomes desperate, but there is nothing more he can do. We know she will die, but it breaks our heart anyway. We know he will also, and it breaks our heart again.
These characters are ones you will remember. This movie is one you will remember.
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