In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

• DirectorIsao Takahata
• Release16 April 1988
• Genre
  Animation / Drama
• Duration1h 29m
• Budget$3,700,000
• Revenue$516,962
• Rate
  

  8.449
  5894 reviews
• Productions

  Studio Ghibli