MOVIE THURSDAY | Grave of the Fireflies
A movie by Isao Takahata - 1988 - 1h30
Two children from the port city of Kobe, made homeless by the bombs. Seita is a young teenager, and his sister Setsuko is about 5. Their father is serving in the Japanese navy, and their mother is a bomb victim; Seita kneels beside her body, covered with burns, in an emergency hospital. Their home, neighbors, schools are all gone. For a time an aunt takes them in, but she’s cruel, so eventually, Seita finds a hillside cave where they can live. He does what he can to find food, and to answer Setsuko’s questions about their parents. The first shot of the film shows Seita dead in a subway station, and so we can guess Setsuko’s fate; we are accompanied through flashbacks by the boy’s spirit.
- Screening in Japanese with English subtitles |
- Free / "Pay what you can" event
- No reservation required
DETAILS
24 Spadina Road
Toronto ON M5R 2S7
Canada
DATE & TIME
24 Spadina Road
Toronto ON M5R 2S7
Canada