NOTHING could have prepared me.. | Grave Of The Fireflies Reaction / Hotaru no Haka Reaction
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whew. ok. this was a lot. I don't really have much to add onto what I said at the end but it's been almost a week since I watched it and it hasn't left my mind, I don't think I'll ever watch it again but I'm glad I did because I think it made me realize a lot of things: the forgotten people and children during the war, how this story is literally a snippet of history and that this has happened, does happen, and in future will happen in war-torn countries/areas.
:') Setsuko will be in my heart forever, and I think the late Akiyuki Nosaka turned his grief into something really special, albeit it heartbreaking.
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It's sad how the author wrote himself to have died as well, its literally him saying "I should have died too"
Without a doubt one of the saddest movies I've ever watched, but I do revisit it from time to time. Thanks for the reaction.
@@TC-by3il 🥺do you find your feelings change, or you notice more things during a rewatch? I just don't know if I could bring myself to sit through it again 🤣thanks for watching! my pleasure :)
@@Hollyreacts Hard to say. I think the first time I watched it I was in my teens and I'm 35 now. I've definitely picked up on a few things since, but emotionally it hits pretty much as hard as it did that first time. I've shown it to a lot of people because I think it's an important film, but watching it with my mom was probably he hardest one. It took me a few years to rewatch after that so I get it ha.
Please watch and react to the anime Leafie, hen in the wild. Thank you
The saddest thing about this movie isn't the film itself, but the fact that it's a true story. The author of "Grave of the Fireflies", Akiyuki Nosaka, published this story in 1967, which was written as an apology to his younger sister Keiko who died from malnutrition during WW2 after the bombing of Kobe in 1945. Nosaka blamed himself for her death even up until the day he died on December 9, 2015.
Yes... she looked it up at the end of the video and she talked about it.
We even got to see her react to learning about it.
No one ever touches on this was more of a be ungrateful and you will perish message, according to the director
Nosaka was an absolute jerk at times, but for those who followed his work know that he had always been suffering from the trauma that was the death of his sister. My father’s younger brother died from malnutrition and pneumonia during the Tokyo Air Raid, in a situation that resembles this film. But I do want to emphasize that it wasn’t just the pure guilt of Nosaka that motivated him to write this. This happened everywhere and an intelligent person like Nosaka would have known this very well. His work is a representation of how the vulnerable civilians suffered during this period. Never let this happen again. That is the message this film wants to project. Sorry for my broken English.
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Watching Setsuko slow starving to death, mostly alone, in a cave like shelter in the woods is the sadest i ever watched in a movie. Espacially the last scene just before her death,
a 4 year old who uses her last energies to offer her brother rice and take care of his well-being, broke my heart and made me cry.
Setsuko is probably the cutest girl I've ever seen in a movie. Rest in Peace, little angel.....😞😞
I'm still not over watching it if I'm honest. 🥺 I'm glad I reacted to it. It's a terrible film in the best way. ❤️
あのシーンは何度見ても張り裂けます
People often miss this but the saddest part for me is when Seita was brought into the police station. She has been alone the whole day, starving just waiting for her bro to return and she saw him got caught and who knows what was going through her mind. Her bro might never return or released. She followed them secretly up to the station but she didn't dare to come in and see what's going on. She waited in the dark for hours without knowing what's going on until Seita got released. When she finally saw him, instead of being a crybaby, she consoled him because she saw he was badly hurt and sad. That scene broke me like nothing to this day
Isao Takahata never gets the credit he deserves, everybody talks about Hayao, but Isao was as genius in his own way and this movie is his true legacy.
He really deserved it. Plus, "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya" was the perfect final project that he did. I'm so grateful that he existed and will forever be heartbroken that he passed away. He deserves as much credit and respect that Hayao Miyazaki gets.
RIP.... I really like all his movies.
In 2010 I went to Japan with my best friend. We were 27 years old. We were going to visit Ghibli Studio so before the journey I watched all of the Ghibli Movie as a marathon. I had already saw most of them but I wanted to re watched them. When I started watching this one.... well.... everything changed. Through the whole movie I was "now things are going to get better" but... it never did and then the little girl died... I just couldn't believe it... I had to pause because I was crying so hard... eventually I finished the movie and it leave me with a weird feeling through an entire week. Its a movie that I think everyone have to see it at least once to understand the horrors of the war and it real victims.
That scene where the young girls are like nothing has changed while the main character is burning his own little sister just shows you how rich people are completely disconnected of the worlds issues.
That's not exactly what that is. They just returned home after being evacuated. Its likely that they were desensitized by all the death that happened during the bombings and fire bombings. In a way similar to seita was to the bodies on the beach.
6:50 most Japanese homes at that time were built out of wood and paper and the Allies knew this. They dropped wave after wave of flaming canisters on Japanese cities after gaining air superiority late in the War to set alight the tightly packed wooden homes.
The results were often catastrophic and horrifying. What we see of Seita & Setsuko’s mother was tragically common.
One thing I love of this movie is that it never tries to frame someone directly as a villain (even if some feel like it)… Instead it’s just makes it horrifically clear that war really has no winners…
By "Allies" you mean Americans?
@@user-my8cb8no9w I think they are refering to "The Allied Forces" which refers to the coyntries that stood against Germany (and Germanys allies like Japan)
So yes it does refer to USA but it also included Great Britain, The Soviet Union and China. Several more countries were part of the Allied Powers but those countries were "the big 4".
This movie reminds me of my visit to the Hiroshima Atom Bomb museum where I saw a school uniform belonging to a young boy that had been ripped and burnt due to the atom bomb blast.
The sight of it was eerie and made me feel deeply sad, causing me want to vomit and cry. Rest in peace to that young boy, and I sincerely hope that no more children ever have to experience such a tragic event again 💔💔💔
This was the second Studio Ghibli film I saw, it made me cry like a baby, but I love the story so much that I often rewatch it.
今世界が見るべきアニメだと思います
As the older brother that had to help to take care of my younger brother most of his life, everytime i watch or listen to the intro i get goosebumps and i start crying like a kid
Thank you for your reaction, and good for you for recognizing that the aunt's behavior is not unreasonable. There are two live-action "Grave of the Fireflies" movies. The TV version is told from the perspective of the aunt's family. There isn't enough food to feed everyone in the house so she prioritizes her immediate family first. She also feeds her children before herself and thus starves. She hates giving food to children that are not hers when her own children are going hungry and she is starving.
I truly believe it's so so complex and a lot of people seem to only scratch the surface with her. I try understand every characters reasons for behaving a certain way and I think being in a war torn environment would make anyone behave in a more hostile way - there is no right or wrong but sometimes you have to choose what is best for your own situation and I think in that situation she did what she felt was right :( Even though it's sad to us viewers, you really have to try get inside their heads a bit. Thanks for commenting 💚
You were WAY more understanding of the Aunt than we were. We kinda blamed the aunt for everything. I think we were just angry at the time.
She cries easily so I wanted her to see this movie.. she cried at the very 1st min lol
Anyways I saw your reaction too.. Casie is same like her.. i remember her crying out loud and making loud noises lol..
I feel called out 🤣❤️
Lo que si fue cruel fue decirle a setsuko del fallecimiento de su madre
There is some crazy theory about this movie. One says that because of the guilt, Seita and Setsuko's soul was still wandering around, repeating and reliving the same thing over and over and over again, seeing themselves struggling to live over and over again, that's why in the end of the movie you see Seita and Setsuko look at the modern japan with all the building and stuff. They see their story repeat itself for infinite amount of times...
In Japan, it is believed than when a person dies, his/her soul goes to either of these three places:
1. Heaven
2. Hell
3. If a person had a very powerful negative emotion like resentment, grudge, devastation, or regret that did not get resolved by the time of their death, their soul does not go to neither Heaven or Hell, and they become ghosts trapped on this Earth, forever wandering unless somehow that emotion is resolved or they are healed by a monk's prayer. They are called "bourei" (亡霊).
I'm sure you can guess which one Seita and Setsuko are.
it’s so heart-wrenching to learn that this story was written by Akiyuki Nosaka, who lost his little sister due to starvation caused by the war. So basically the author is Seita who survived. He blamed himself for being alive while his whole family was gone
Seita dies at the beginning of the film of starvation . Both of them as ghosts watch kobe develop over the next century. Very sad fate😢.
Thank you for sitting through this one. There are tons of heart-wrenching war anime movies here in Japan but I think this is one of the toughest. I've only watched a part of this once in my childhood, but it was not a comfortable experience (of course), and I avoid watching it since then, so I think I can understand your pain.
Please take care of yourself. It was definitely a hard thing to do. I believe no one should suffer from the trauma of war, even through fictional stories. But as a Japanese, I wanted to appreciate the fact you've chosen this movie. And I want to say thank you for the amazing content, as always.
It hits so hard when you realise this is still happening in war ridden countries with children.. 😭😭😭😭
I as a Japanese am so grateful that you watched this movie.
Maybe you should go protest the disgusting American scum who have the nerve to hold their G7 meetings at the site of the nuke they dropped…
This movie is the most heartbreaking I watch ever
The sad part is knowing its a true story and the author lived through survivors guilt. He blamed himself for his sisters death so much he wrote himself as dying in the story cause im sure he wished he had died with her IRL.
This is the kind of movie where you really need to talk to someone about it, it is too hard to take it in all by yourself. So thank you and all the other videos as yours, its therapeutic.
I agree sooo much. I managed to chat to a few folks after I watched it which helped me get my thoughts out. thank you so much for watching
I watched by myself my one and only time.....I wanted to cry, but my body wouldn't let me because of the shock of what I had seen
I don't want to see this movie ever again…
A movie worth seeing once
Thank you！
I didn't know that I needed little Jean-bo eating his om-om so much in my life until now.
Thank you for healing my depression after watching this video. (your current icon)
From the moment that tin hits the ground and the fireflies come out I'm teared up - a beautiful and sad film everyone should see.
日本の不朽の名作映画を取り上げてくださって、ありがとうございます。あなたの考察の深さと、優しい気持ちに感謝します。
あの意地悪に見える叔母さんも、戦争というとても厳しい状況下で、子供達に対して考えがあってやっていることがあると思います。
この映画を取り上げてくださったあなたに、再度感謝します。東京のあなたの友達より🤝
I cried watching this film for the first time, too. And for some reason I keep watching people react to it and end up crying all over again. If there wasn't the problem of parents possibly getting angry at teachers for making their kids upset/traumatizing them, I'd think this movie should be shown in history classes when discussing world war 2 or wars in general.
I watched this movie with my now ex. I managed not to cry until the end of the movie, but when the credits appeared I broke down, noticing my partner was also sobbing. Also we're both on the spectrum and he took a liking to the song, so sometimes he would hum it while working (not on purpose, sometimes not even noticing I was around), and I would just burst into tears randomly for longer than a week. As you said, this movie is something that probably we all need to see. But only the one time. I tried not to pay too much attention to what was going on in the movie, just to what you said, and I'm glad most of the sound is muted, because I still cried while watching this with you.
I saw this movie, maybe about 8 years ago or so? I heard about how sad it was but my ego got in the way and hardened me before I watched it.
The fact she slowly died, and then died just as he finally got some food, was just so tragic. And I keep coming back to, this is on our hands as a nation, as a citizen of the Us, I may not have been alive when these events happened but it’s my country that did it all the same.
And the haunting thought that the US is still doing it…
Fuck war man.
This is the most genuine reaction i ever watched. Knowing that it is based on the true story. I am still breaking every time this movie appears to my news feed or in my for you page. I can’t stand the pain and hardship they went through.
4:23 5min mark and she's already crying, I think to myself "ohhh boy, she's gonna suffer with this one 😬" haha we all do, inevitably... this movie is just soul crushing
This the best war movies you'll never want to see again
Hello. By chance, your video work appeared in "Recommended", so I watched it. This story brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it.
Japan lost the war and surrendered on August 15, 1945. Before its surrender, Japanese cities were heavily bombed. Therefore, there were many people in the same situation as "Hotaru no Haka:Grave of Fireflies". I know someone like that, and I've heard many similar stories.
Overcoming such a miserable era, there is now. This story is made with the hope that we should never forget those who suffered damage in these tragic times. Japan is now overcoming this grief and forgetting the past and the people who helped restore it.
"And now, strange things are happening around the world." Something similar may be happening in Japan.
Even so, I believe that the people of that country must cherish the things that happened in their own country and the culture that has been passed down through the years. Important things are the same in every country. Therefore, even if the country and language are different, I think we can understand each other.
When I saw "Grave of the Fireflies" and saw you express your feelings honestly, I was very impressed. I'm Japanese and I can't speak English, but I can understand what you're saying.
This story is very sad, but the necessary things happened at that time. I think the important thing is not to repeat yourself. That's what this movie was made for.
It was nice to meet a very good video work. thank you.
I am so so so so SO glad that you didn't trash the "mean" aunt.
Although her wording is too harsh, what she's saying is not wrong.
And I am surprised you realised that 7000yen is super-high for that time. Majority of people - even Japanese audiences - don't pick up on it because they're too focused on the wholesome siblings.
If you knew how life was back in this time period in Japan, you can tell that Seita's family used to be rich by the foods that Setsuko mentioned when asked by her brother what she would like to eat.
I think cinema therapy said it best, "this is one of the best movies that I will never watch again"
I remember just randomly putting this movie on while cooking for my little brother, one of the saddest stories man I always tear up
This movie is the kind of movie that so amazing that you wish you wouldn't need to watch it again...
"why are you watching cartoons? cartoons are for kids!" - People who havent seen Grave of the Fire Flies, Silent Voice or Watership Down
Elfen lied, the promised neverland…
The Plague Dogs
@@nicoleputnam7778 Blood C, Corpse Party.
@@djancok90 nah.
You watch the movie ... you cry in the end ...
You show the movie to friends to see them cry ... you ball your eyes out right in the beginning ...
This movie is an absolute Masterpiece.
I would say that “Grave of the Fireflies” definitely had an impact on my life when I first watched it back in 2005, pretty much, during the height of pro-war propaganda in Iraq, which was the only thing mainstream cable news outlets would constantly talk about. Watching “Grave of the Fireflies” was a realization that what happened in Japan, back during WWII, is currently happening again to children in Iraq. It helped me overcome all of the pro-war propaganda garbage being spooned fed to me by news outlets and made me very anti-war all throughout my life! This film is a masterpiece and it should be considered as required viewing for all middle and high school students!
You are such a dear, I really felt your emotions and that's so nice, to see empathy. That's so sweet, thank you for showing genuine emotions and to connect with people all over the world.
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Amazing film, beautiful in every sense of the word, I don’t plan on ever watching it again.
thats such a strong movie
it's intense :( thank you for watching 💚💚
This movie was the single most devastating watch I've ever experienced. But i think everyone should see it once. The civilian cost of war...
War leaves nothing but sorrow
I pray that there will be no more wars in the world.
Thank you for watching the Japanese anime "Grave of the Fireflies".
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Thank you for watching.There should be no war.There is a limit to what children can survive on their own.Not only Japan, but also Russia attacked Ukraine today, and many ordinary people died and lost their homes.Japan knows the horror of the atomic bomb.I hope that people around the world will see this and think about war, even if just a little.
This is one of those movies that you only watch once, acknowledge its existence, and never watch it again.
life can be so cruel man, and it's ok that this movie hit you super hard in the feels holly.
this one had a reverse effect on me, but i guess i'm just an oddball.... and sees certain things differently.
one thing i know for sure, is that children are almost always the ones that seems to get the short end of the stick in these... and most times they're not developed enough to just push through. it's such a sad issue that probably still lingers throughout many places even now.
sending hugs and good vibes, you gone through a lot with this reaction vid. we most appreciate it as always
Just thinking about this movie makes me dehydrated from the tears
That moment after they left aunt’s house, when he makes a feast out of the last of the rice, it hit me that this movie was about to get really dark. I had to pause it for a few minutes to prepare myself
The best movie you never want to see again
As I first clicked on to your video, the first thing I thought was 'I hope that make up is waterproof'. I couldn't stop sobbing for half an hour when I watched it.
Oh my gosh 🤣 funnily enough I don't wear waterproof makeup cause it's a nightmare to get off which in this scenario would've been perfect 🤣❤️ hope you are OK too after watching my reaction, I have see others reactions and it makes me tear up. 🤣
My all time best last animation is Grave of the fireflies". and for this girl i am so very emotion and i cry look like this two children is my children and after i like japan country after seen this animation.
3:29 - I noticed that you made a positive comment about the quality of the animation. If you were impressed by *that,* then you would be absolutely blown away by the visual quality of the animation in _Akira,_ which came out the very same year as _Grave of the Fireflies:_ 1988!
he does go on to live. this whole thing is one giant apology letter to her. I think I remember reading he dies somewhere (a train station?) later on. this is one of those you watch it once and then never again.
He was living for his sister,
Shes dead so no point living
Man its a heart wrenching movie
When you waited and you struggle to survive, survive, survive each day hoping for a better tomorrow....but it never came.
nothing like a panic nap after getting your soul crushed. they help the mind process events more reasonably
I have yet to find a person who didn't cry watching this movie
This story is based on the real experience of the original author. It is the story of the younger sister of the original author, Akiyuki Nosaka.
His sister starves to death during the war as well, although it's not exactly the same as the anime.
Chinese and Koreans who have seen this film say that Japan is glorifying the war and trying to hide its own wrongdoings. They are a people who have been brainwashed by anti-Japaneseism that always writes such things, so please do not deal with them.
What is pictured here is an ordinary citizen of Japan. It simply depicts the grief of unwar-related civilians who suffer from government-initiated wars. It should be the same in any country.
However, whenever this movie appears on UA-cam, Chinese and Koreans always criticize it as a deception of Japanese militarism.
They don't try to understand the true sorrow of war, they just try to demean Japan.
I can still understand the criticism of the Chinese, but I do not understand why the Koreans continue to criticize Japan. Japan and South Korea are generally not at war.
There was a period of rule by Japan for legitimate development of Korea. The South Korean government has labeled it an invasion, brainwashed the people, and is still holding a grudge against it and criticizing it persistently. Without this governance, there would be no development of Korea today.
Even though they have nothing to do with World War II, they still act like war victims and accuse Japan of being an aggressor. I don't understand. stupid people. When Koreans go out into the world, they only speak ill of Japan. Japanese people are in a lot of trouble.
To the people of the world,
Please don't believe what they say. Everything they say is a fabricated history that suits the Korean government. Sadly, the Korean public believes that bullshit history to be true.
Thank you for telling the ugly truth about our "lovely" neighbours.
Most of us Japanese are way too kind/polite/humble for our own good, and they use that to their advantage and political gains. Because Japanese don't speak ill of other nations even when being bullied, unfortunately many Western people buy into these lies and start labeling us "xenophobic" or "evil".
Their governments are the definition of "malicious".
I/we will never forget "Congratulations for the tsunami".
(Sorry for the negative comment. I just wanted to chime in so that people not living in Asia will not think that klaatu is making this story up.)
After crying through most of this movie, I just sat and stared for a while.
Love our family while they are still alive. and say no to war
この映画は戦争を二度と起きないよう作られた映画です。
The firebombs dropped over Japan and Germany during WWII were free-falling canister types filled with a jellied gasoline, sort of like primitive napalm. They didn't explode when they hit, but the strategy was to flood the sky with them, and whatever they hit would light. Osaka, Kobe and Tokyo were all firebombed close to the end of WWII.
I have this attitude of suggesting this movie to everyone who asked me of a good anime movie to watch. I give them a short preview, and ends by saying "it's sad but it at least has a heartwarming ending"
They all got mad at me later for lying about the ending. 😳
Ok! I agree this is sad. HOWEVER!! You need to find the uneditted un-Disney-fied version from 1988. I'd like to see a comparative reaction video. There is SO much that got cut out and Seita lives in this version. In the original, Seita lay dying in the train station and the entire movie is essentially a flashback of his life. At the end, a janitor is walking by, basically collecting all the abandoned and dead children, looks at Seita and says, "He's not too far, I can see it in his eyes." Seita is laying there grasping the candy tin with his last breath and inside the tin are a few small bones of his sister. The camera pans out and Seita is in his uniform and greeted by Setsuko running to him in the grass. They hold hands and walk off into infinity. You then see the candy tin hit the floor. The janitor collects the tin and Seito and I don't remember much else through all the tears. I was Seito's age when I watched it in the theater back in the 80's in Yokohama.
Oh god...I have NEVER been able to recover from this movie, this one is so hard to find it's always tucked away like some terrible secret, butbirs one kf their best, sure it not awesome and magical but damn..heart wrenching.
Back in the early 90's I watched this movie. Never again, once is all I need.
I can only watch this movie one time.
After watching the whole thing, I recommend watching the first 5 minutes again.
This movie teach us become humanity.
I am Japanese.
Thank you for watching this movie.
We learned the meaninglessness of war through this anime. How meaningless strife and greed are.
私が初めてこの映画を観たのは14才の時でした。そして妹が4才。
この物語と同じ年齢だった事もあり凄まじい衝撃を受けました。
以来主人公の兄の様にしっかりとした兄にならねばと強く思いました。
平和の大切さ、家族の尊さを常に心に持って生きていこうと思ってます。
この物語をただ悲しい、辛いと避けるより人間として学ぶ事が詰まっていると捉え受け継いで行く事が大事ではないかと考えます。
良い動画をありがとうございます。
世界が平和でありますように
私も、世界の人も、自分が知らない文化も尊重しないといけませんね
友達になるには、最初に自分が受け入れるべきですね
映画を見てくれてありがとう、日本から
You say he tried to distract her not entirely right at the same time he hurt he cried inside but he tried to not to cry out He don’t want his sister to see him cry by doing this swing around
As far as I remember, Setsuko in her last scene says that she made rice balls out of earth and that she ate them.
I cried for a whole week every time i hear their theme it gets me !
thank you holly
You will never have to watch it again because you will never forget it 😢
It is not life that is lost by war. It's an innocent soul.
One of the comments in the video said, "Why does the fire spin so fast?"
I've seen "Grave of the Fireflies" in other videos and said the same thing.
Don't you know "incendiary"? One of the inhumane weapons,
It's a prohibited weapon, just like a nuclear bomb.
One of the weapons for Japan, like the hydrogen bomb.
In the UK when I was at school etc we didn't really learn about any of that, also I don't watch war films/shows so I'm unfamiliar with the weaponry etc!
sis is barely into the movie and already tearing up, so real tbh
Fr I never stood a chance LOL ❤️
2 minutes in and i already pushed the like button. Appreciate your courage and thank u for your braveness!
U're so strong to do this, even if it affects u in a personal way.
You're lovely, thank you 🥺 this film was very impactful, months later its on my mind still. ❤️
Jujur sesudah nonton film ini, saya tidak mau nonton lagi. benar2 membuat saya menangis parah.
I watched totoro after this and was bracing that something bad was going to happen as well.
the best annimation movie that I never wanted to watch again
This movie was a masterpiece, I'm never watching that movie again as long as I'm alive.
Now watch the 2005 live action remake. It compliments the anime movie by telling the story from the perspective of Seita's cousin, who we only see briefly in one scene in this movie. It's an hour longer, and it explains why the aunt turned them out like she did.
Grave of the Fireflies is not an anti-war movie. It is a "double suicide or The Love Suicides(shinju mono)" movie.
Sugimoto Bunraku Sonezaki Shinju: The Love Suicides at Sonezaki( shinju mono)" written by Monzaemon Chikamatsu in the Genroku period (1688-1704) was the original "Shinju Mono" and caused a huge boom at the movie. Akiyuki Nosaka, the author of "Grave of the Fireflies," himself said in an interview with Takahata that 'this work is a "shinju mono" story.'
Nosaka: On the one hand, it is a tragedy, and on the other hand, it is a very happy situation. As for Seita, he is trying to build a heaven for the two of them alone in the world.
Takahata:I assume that the main characters will die, and I follow the path leading to their deaths. But I think you are right when you said "heaven." I want to portray that properly in the movie.
Isao Takahata reiterated that the movie "is not an anti-war animation at all, and does not contain any such message" ("It is not just an anti-war movie, nor a sob story about a poor victim of war, but a tragic story about an ordinary child living in a time of war. ), he said that it was unavoidable that the movie was perceived as an anti-war animation.
Takahata himself describes the movie as a heart-wrenching story, stating, "If I want to show the tragedy of war, I have to do it more intensely." Takahata himself described the movie as a (shinju mono).
Takahata explains that although the siblings succeed in establishing a closed family life, their refusal to live in harmony with those around them and their failure to make it in society is something that can be seen in the lives of people today.
Takahata:, "Those were very oppressive times, when 'totalitarianism,' the worst kind of social life, was considered to be righteous. Seita tries to resist such totalitarianism and build a 'pure family' with Setsuko alone, but is such a thing possible or not? But can we criticize it? The reason we modern people can easily sympathize with Seita emotionally is because the times have reversed. If the times are reversed again, I have a horrible feeling that there will come a time when there will be more opinions denouncing Seita than his relative's aunt."
(from wikipedia)
When I was in the third or fourth grade, I saw Grave of the Fireflies in the school's audio-visual room, and I did not see any children crying a lot. I don't know what the kids in the same grade felt and how they understood it. The teacher did not ask us to write a movie report, nor did he ask us to discuss our impressions of the movie with everyone else. As was the case when we saw Princess Mononoke, I guess we were free to our individual interpretations. We also watched Home Alone 3 together.
I watched "Grave of the Fireflies" over and over again until I got tired of watching the recorded video. I felt the closed world of just the two of them quite a lot... It was also my favorite of Takahata's works.
Not many people know this about Yoko Ono but she survived the fire bombing of Tokyo as a 12 year old. Her family made it to a shelter and survived. Her father was a prisoner during the war years so he wasn't with them. "Ono was enrolled in Keimei Gakuen, an exclusive Christian primary school run by the Mitsui family. She remained in Tokyo throughout World War II and the fire-bombing of March 9, 1945, during which she was sheltered with other family members in a special bunker in Tokyo's Azabu district, away from the heavy bombing. Ono later went to the Karuizawa mountain resort with members of her family....Starvation was rampant in the destruction that followed the Tokyo bombings; the Ono family was forced to beg for food while pulling their belongings in a wheelbarrow. Ono said it was during this period in her life that she developed her "aggressive" attitude and understanding of "outsider" status."
The worst part of the movie for me is that I try to problem solve for them. I keep thinking if they stayed with their village/town and that kind woman who actually cared about them, they would have had a better chance. 😢
Learning that the story was semi-autobiographical (written by Akiyuki Nosaka) made this movie much worse for me.
thank you from Japan
Ain't no way she started crying at 4:45 XD
My first ghibli film, very grateful to not be born in war era
This is a depression ride.
You nay spend 2-3 days after watching it thinking about it again and again.
Holly: "im fine, im fine"
me: "youre not fine"
now about the aunt, i know its hard to believe but there are people like that irl that do a switch that fast and in a country like Japan specialy during that time? yea, its like with my dad, if they dont see you doing ANYTHING they consider productive they become so bitchy and mad at you, even if you have prorities that dont really inflict on theirs they still become so antagonistic just because in their eyes you are being lazy, its pretty annoying, but realistic
I cry again😭
I would never watch this movie again 😢
Yes that is a sad story. Another sad story is Violet Evergarden specifically episodes 10. Everyone cries.
47:45
Thank you for watching Japan manga.😊
You think you might be strong enough to get through what happens to Setsuko, and then the music starts playing and the flashbacks pop on the screen; and we realize we're only human.