Japan Synopsis
火垂るの墓
Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.
Other Titles From Nippon Television Network Corporation
The 2004–2006 Japan Window
Grave of the Fireflies holds position #56 of 347 Japan films in the 2004–2006 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Grave of the Fireflies premiered alongside 116 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 116 other Japan films in 2005.
The 1762nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
87 audience reviews — more than 74% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 71th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Grave of the Fireflies, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- children in wartime · 5
- starvation · 4
- fire bombing · 1
- single mother · 12
- world war ii · 55
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #805 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (82nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #337 of 1,933 (top 17%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Nippon Television Network Corporation |
| Runtime | 2h 28m |
| Release Date | November 1, 2005 |
| IMDb | tt0491652 |