And I watched ---- GRAVE OF FIREFLIES
The story was set in Japan during the time of World War II. The main characters are Seita and Setsuko. Their mother died because of burns in the air raid while their father, a member of the Japanese navy, also died later in the war. They were forced to live with their aunt but then, they had a fight and Seita decided to live on their own. They moved to a cave near a lake but then, their food supplies were almost gone. So, Seita was forced to steal food and crops and even looted houses just to have food. He also withdrew all of his mother’s money from the bank and found out that Japan has surrendered and his father was dead. While he was away, his sister, Setsuko was suffering from malnutrition and was having hallucinations. She was eating anything (like marbles which she thought as fruit drops) due to extreme hunger. When Seita came, he fed her watermelon and when Setsuko slept, he said that she never woke up. Setsuko died and Seita cremated her. He put some of her ashes in an old can of fruit drops and never returned to the cave. Seita also died in starvation and maybe also due to the loss of hope and reason to live.
I think the movie was entitled Grave of Fireflies because in the earlier scenes Setsuko and Seita were seen playing with the fireflies. Most of the scenes in the movie also included fireflies when there is a change in time, emotions, etc. I think the movie tells the viewers that there is nothing good in wars. There will be no winners in a war. And it is also the children who suffer gravely in a war. They lose their homes, education, loved ones/family, and even their own future.
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