"Grave of the Fireflies" with English Subtitle

DVD release of live-action version of "Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka)" with English subtitles on March 27, 2009. Original novel written by Akiyuki Nosaka is also made into anime feature created by Studio Ghibli.

Seita and his sister Setsuko are living in wartime Japan. After their father dies while fighting overseas and their mother is killed in an air raid, they're left on their own during a time when everything is in short supply. The pair gradually succumb to hunger and the element. . .

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