Yet, it is a film many people admit to watching only once. The emotional toll is immense. In a 2015 Ghibli survey, 70% of Japanese respondents said they could not bring themselves to rewatch Grave of the Fireflies .
If you have the courage to watch it, do not watch it alone. And keep a box of tissues nearby. You will weep. But you will also, in the final shot of two ghosts sitting together in the sunset, see something miraculous: the indestructible bond between a brother and a sister, even in death.
While Hayao Miyazaki is the face of Studio Ghibli, is pure Isao Takahata. Where Miyazaki builds worlds of flight and wonder, Takahata builds worlds of meticulous, painful realism.
Grave Of The Fireflies-hotaru No Haka |link|
Yet, it is a film many people admit to watching only once. The emotional toll is immense. In a 2015 Ghibli survey, 70% of Japanese respondents said they could not bring themselves to rewatch Grave of the Fireflies .
If you have the courage to watch it, do not watch it alone. And keep a box of tissues nearby. You will weep. But you will also, in the final shot of two ghosts sitting together in the sunset, see something miraculous: the indestructible bond between a brother and a sister, even in death. Grave of the Fireflies-Hotaru no haka
While Hayao Miyazaki is the face of Studio Ghibli, is pure Isao Takahata. Where Miyazaki builds worlds of flight and wonder, Takahata builds worlds of meticulous, painful realism. Yet, it is a film many people admit to watching only once