Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
War movies are happening all month in a theme we call GLORY & PROPAGANDA and we wrap up WW2 week with a tearjerker anime. You can call what the U.S. did in Japan brutal, we won’t deny that, but boy did all that bombing inspire some great film art. Bob’s grandfather was escorting oil tankers coming from South America on a Navy ship during this time so you can’t blame him for what happened to these kid’s mother. Blame Truman. We’re looming near the end of the war in the Pacific and Japan is struggling hard between firebombings and food shortages. A brother and his little sister, newly orphaned…
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