Jan 13, 2012
This movie is a dramatic anti-war movie which is based on an autobiographical novel. You should not be misled due the fact that this is an animation film or due the relative harmless-looking cover, because this film is everything else than you would expect.
In the year of 1945 Japan is occasionally being attacked by American bombers, which should force Japan to surrender. The bombs are pattering from the sky and always leave behind a firestorm. In such a towering inferno the 14-years-aged Seita and his younger 4-years-aged sister Setsuko loosed their mother. Without their father, who is in the Japanese marina, the two siblings
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are on their own. Initially both of them are getting shelter at the house of their aunt, but the aunt does not show much of love and sympathy to them and reproaches them to live on her costs. That causes Seita and his sister to leave their aunts house and search for another shelter. They end up settling down to a cave, but their provisions are getting low and they have to eke out a living.
Even if you would call yourself someone who has seen many dramas, this movie will still set new standards to you. Not because of the violence (which is definitely present) but rather because of the tight atmosphere which this film has to offer which leads the viewer to has a queasy feeling in the stomach region. The movie is pushing hard on the human mind and shows some kind of humanity and reality which you rarely find in other animated or non-animated movies. For someone who is looking for a sophisticated and challenging animation film apart from mainstream-Disney movies, then this timeless masterpiece of animation is definitely a must-see.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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