Great movies: Grave of the fireflies ~ Hotaru no haka

[cheeni]

This has to be the most emotionally powerful film I've ever watched.

The carpet under which all of us dutifully sweep the sadness of human life lifts in a rare 88 minutes of reflection. The movie is painful to watch, not because it is bad, but because it makes you feel powerless as your emotions get hijacked onto a roller coaster of grief.

You can read more on the movie at Roger Ebert's excellent review here.

Grave of the Fireflies (Collector's Edition)

By Isao Takahata

A scene from the movie

Comments

i'd second your review

[sriramb.livejournal.com]

Mind-blowing movie; a very different theme for animation. Moved me to tears. This movie is in my alltime "best of" DVD collection.