Hotaru no Haka
Das Grab der Leuchtkäfer (German)
Eldflugornas grav (Swedish)
Graf van de Vuurvliegjes (Dutch)
Grobowiec Świetlików (Polish)
Hotaru No Haka (Japanese)
Hrob svetlusek
La Tumba de las Luciernagas (Spanish)
Le tombeau des lucioles (French)
O Túmulo dos Pirilampos (Portuguese)
Szentjánosbogarak sírja
Tombstone of the Fireflies
Tulikärpästen hauta
Túmulo dos Vaga-lumes (Portuguese)
Una Tomba Per Le Lucciole (Italian)
Могила светлячков (Russian)
سيتا الأخ الحنون (Arabic)
火垂るの墓 (Japanese)
螢火蟲之墓 (Chinese (Taiwan))
반딧불의 묘 (Korean)
Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Vintage:
April 11, 1988
Status:
Completed
Summary:
On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air-raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling-out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the losing end of the war.