火垂るの墓 (2005)

Directed by

Sato Toya

Cast

Matsushima Nanako, Ishida Hoshi, Sasaki Mao, Ihara Tsuyoshi, Inoue Mao, Kaname Jun, Fukuda Mayuko, Iihara Narumi

How it feels

This TV movie follows a teenage boy and his little sister orphaned during World War II in Japan. A family friend takes them in after their mother dies, but as food runs out she grows hostile. The story shows how war can turn people against each other.

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