Apologies as I had to reduce the size of the footage and add in a background for this review as it was getting copyright strikes left, right and centre, taking a grand total of 5 upload attempts! Either way, hope you guys enjoy the review. :)

whats funny is there was a video at the top of my recommend that is "how to cut onions properly" XD

In my opinion this isn’t actually sad, I feel like everyone is currently over exaggerating this movie.

If you guys want to go through the same pain but different pov go watch the 2005 version. It’s through the cousin

I've seen this movie once. I cannot watch it again....

This movie had me crying like a bitch

I first watched this when I was 10 I didn't cry but I was in shock after I watched it I love Ghibli films and I rewatched it In April 2020 and some tears were shed this is really a beautiful film

i just watched the movie last night. not one scene where i wasnt crying

im not crying you are,,,

This played along side *MY NEIGHBOR FUCKING TOTORO!*

“AMURICA” “FUCK YEAH”

The first film that made me cry. Truly a classic despite some of its very few / small flaws.

I watched this movie twice In 2013, when I didn't have a younger sister And in 2020, after I had a sister with the age gap of 10 years That hit me so differently

My grandmother, who is japanese, was also a young girl back in ww2 and was also called Setsuko

I actually watched this in school. Our science teacher made us watch it. She's the best teacher ever.

This movie broke me 😭😭

I was VERY surprised as frick when I saw that this film is on Hulu both English dub and sub

I watched this with my kids. I think they need a good cry and understanding of how human nature can be.

the reason why they did that was because they invaded the philipines

Americans are cruel ey?

i don't now what the USA ugh i hate living here but why will the nuke them what did they do so wrong why can't we use fucking talk it out why does there thing have to throw hands shot or just bad why we cant just all be happy like wtf is wrong with everbody (don't take this the wrong what its what i thank it is to me sadbox out)

Its my favorite movie

Imagine a American WW2 Vet watching this Movie....

Who’s cutting onions in my room

Films rarely make me cry, but the first time I watched it I was sobbing, not only for the movie characters, but for everyone who lived in Japan during WW11. This film being a true story also makes it hurt even more. Grave of the Fireflies is a tragically beautiful movie. 10/10 ☹️

I was literally forced to watch this as a kid by my aunt and i was fucking traumatized

NGl if this was real I would cry even more

I remember this movie ruining my entire week. Literally the best movie you would never dare to rewatch.

You should do a review of Our Corner of the World

I've literally tried to watch this film a 2nd time after over 10 years, and I can't make it more than 5 minutes in before I turn it off. Very good film though, and I've recommended it to many people

Seriously, animé can be so dark.

Ghibli can really bring out the feels.

the movie that made me feel guilty for everytime i did something bad to my siblings

★★★★★

this movie made me cry big time

How could anyone dislike this video?

Something concerning their Aunt, I know everyone hates her, and Seita hates her, and its all fair and good to hate her, but really think about it, did Seita make the right decision? To run away, refusing the shelter and food of someone he hates, even if that life was much safer. What I saw in this movie was an allegory to Japan's refusal to surrender after the US had shown the power of a nuclear weapon, with just one dropped, already took Hundreds of Thousands of Lives. And what did that refusal to surrender do? Tragically, another bomb was dropped, and more people just died. Was it worth it? Was a refusal to surrender really worth so many more people dying? Japan didn't have a counter to a goddamn nuke, all they could have done there was either surrender, or just allow many more of its people to die. And they did, all because of something as stupid as honor and pride, something they hold so stupidly high in their country pilots were willing to purposely die for the pride of their country in Kamikaze attacks. And thats how I see Seita trying to depend on himself and himself alone to take care of his sister, and the refusal to accept any aid, especially if its from people he hates like his aunt. Imagine if Seita had sucked it up and just did what his Aunt told him to do, even if he himself wouldn't have been at all happy with their lives there, is it really that bad of a life? If he hadn't left, would he still be alive? Would Setsuko still be alive? What did Seita truly achieve? Those are my thoughts on the film.

To me one of the saddest parts was when seita cried because he didn’t have enough left to be strong anymore

The comments: "So sad, I cried, crushed me" Me: "Lovely, Lovely, Suffering."

Did you actually watch the film or is this someone reading the script? Why do you keep calling the main protagonist “sigh-ta?” From either the original Japanese film or the English dub, his name is clearly “say-ta.” Sorry, but though this is a good review, you lose me at the mispronunciation.

Did we all forget that this is a good movie for the 1980's

shoot the b 25s down.... 1945 ....... oh no ther comes the b 29 ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nooooooooooooooooooooo

I broke down crying, I literally put my hands to my face and wouldn’t stop crying for a long time. There isn’t any other movie that has impacted me this way, makes me realize how fortunate some of us are and also think and pray for the thousands Seita and setsukos all around the world suffering of starvation while the rest of the world is indifferent. This movie is a masterpiece and it should be shown to future generations in schools.

কোন মুভি দেখে এতক্ষন ধরে কাঁদিনি। . এখন রিভিউ দেখেও কান্না পাচ্ছে।

After I watched this, when they were spirits, why didn't they see their mother? I mean their mother passed away so are them but how can they not see their mother? Just asking.

5:09 "It's not quite as depressing as..." You LITERALLY showed dead burnt bodies in contoured positions! HOW is that not depressing?

I've seen this review video before and it ripped my heart out. Why am I watching this again

its okay if your crying. when I saw it for the first time, I cried alot

I cried at the biginig

I'm sorry, but if you don't cry during this film (AKA a work of art), then you are not human

Watched this movie with my little sister not knowing the synopsis.....Instant regret

Cried at the end of this. Watched it a second time cried at the beginning and at the end. Good times. Not every story needs to have a happy ending, this is one of my favorites along with plague dogs. I will say though that the Aunt was nice until hearing about the mother being dead, in which she changes her personality entitely. Also the female cousin shows remorse for them and I like how its not pushed in your face. There were like 2 scenes though from this movie that were the best of all time. When he rolls over to sleep next to his sister and she pushes him off, that and her last moments until he comments how she never woke up. Truly fantastic movie

this was the first anime i've ever watched maybe that wasn't the best choice...

This is one of the most depressing movies I ever seen I can’t believe this is rated PG

Damn the music that he is using for this movie is 😭😭😢 and sad What's the name of the music

Me and my sister watched this movie the other day and when I got sad my sister had the audacity to say "why are you sad? It's not even sad"

"Why do fireflies die so soon?" - Setsuko I think the fireflies represent the effects of the war on them and on the people. Lots of people and children die so quickly during the war.

They actually proyected this film in my school....

What kind of war is killing innocent people??

Yall i watched this and i CRIED WAY TO MUCH OMGGGGGG

This movie is the biggest, I'm not crying, you are

This movie makes me lost my breath for a while. The ending is just too depressing :(

Anime: *war is hell* Hollywood: *war is so cool*

it would be better if my country usa didn't have to kill millions of innocent people

Was it implied that Seita was raped when he was turned in to the police? Is that why Setsuko encourages him to visit a doctor to get help for it and why he turns his head? Was it in shame for what had transpired? Good grief. This film.

The Japanese government put their own people through this.

fml that thumbnail still sends chill down my spine since I watched it when i was 8

4:34

I watched this in Mexico with my sister and it's so sad i love it

As mentioned by someone, this movie really makes you a better person. I broke when Seita was losing everything dear to him little by little until it came to his sister’s cremation. He stayed with her without moving, watching as she was cremated away. No one should have to experience something like that but when times are hard, one’s gotta do what one needs to do.

I watched this movie in my mid 20's and it fucking broke me! I have NEVER cried during a movie but this god damn thing had me bawling. Can't bring my self to watch it again.

The really sad thing is that this is STILL happening in present times. In places like Syria and Yemen, we all cried for these animated characters but what about the real little boys and girls that are living this right now! :'(

8:48

The Vietnamese famine of 1945 (Vietnamese: Nạn đói Ất Dậu - famine of the Yiyou Year) was a famine that occurred in northern Vietnam in French Indochina during World War II from October 1944 to late 1945, which at the time was under Japanese occupation from 1940 with Vichy France as a puppet government of Nazi Germany in Western Europe. Between 400,000 and 2 million people are estimated to have starved to death during this time.[1][2] The demographics vary from French estimates of 600,000-700,000 dead, to official Vietnamese numbers of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 victims.

I've watched it twice and on both occasions I cried like a baby. I even started crying part way through this at the death of Setsuko. One of the things Ghibli Studios is fantastic at, and let's face it. They're pretty fantastic at most things, is the portrayal of very young children. How they look, sound and behave is realistic and charming. But this film for me pulled no punches. Even revealing the cruel act by the Japanese government with regards to rationing. They're aunt is horrible. No two ways. But she was only given rations for her immediate family and not her niece and nephew. Thousands of children starved to death during WWII because the orphaned children had no where to go. And even other family may not take them in because they didn't have enough food to allow for feeding extra mouths. I believe there were a number of laws brought in after the war because the shame the country felt with regards to how children were treated. I honestly think that this and Barefoot Gen are two films everyone should see. They're both hard to watch. But they are painfully honest.

before this movies I had cried 0 times to a movie, after this movie I had cried 3 times during a movie.

I couldn't bring myself to cry in this movie.

This movie was harsh. I rented it in high school from Blockbuster. I cried like a baby.

You dont know how bad i wanted to drop the aunt cause how she was to setsuko

Wow I just watched this amazing piece of art for the first time. What an tragically sad but beautiful movie. I haven’t watched a movie from this point of view before. It really makes you think how terrible war is and how much it effects the people closest to us.

I've seen the movie a few times... and even just watching this video I'm in shambles.

the saddest thing about this movie is he never tries to find a job even after the aunt talked to him about earning his way... he basically just watched his sister die because of his pride and his unwillingness to work :x

I agree. They did an amazing job of portraying Setsuko as a toddler. Her expressions and movements prove that she isn’t just a child, but maybe 2-4

Friendly reminder the Americans did the same to Germans, over 200,000 killed in Dresden alone from firebombs. The allied targeted civilian populations, even the blitz was a half hearted counter attacked compared to allied bombing of Germany. Statistics don't lie, MSM do.

Oh man i havent even watched it but your review made me cry so bad

I have one question. Why didn't he take the money from the bank earlier? when he took it was too late... I'm still wondering about that

Holy crap this film made my mom cry and that’s pretty hard to do but one film made me cry which was hachi a dogs tale go and Watch it

F- the farmer. Capitalist swine!

i cried my fucking eyes out during this movie. The way the brother had to overcome obstacles and kept on smiling for the sister really moved me. This masterpiece proved that studio Ghibli is the best anime movie studio of all time.

the fact that this is based on a true story 😭

This brings back the feels, I watched this 2 yrs ago never knew the name and cried so much I was 11 then :( I feel so bad for the sister dying and the kid who had to face all that :((((

Unfortunately no side is good cuz it's the japanese ppl who got themselves into this they might have never knew they had nukes too? since it's the terrible year of the 40s, they called that nuke the weakest nuke of them all

Curse the guy who made this movie 😭😭😭😭

Why did you thumbnail the most visually shocking shot of this movie? You should avoid it if it has any potential to make others uncomfortable.

This movie had me thinking about how the people were feeling when this was going on. I know I couldn’t handle it

The sad thing is if he just went back they would have survived

It’s really sad what happened to all of the people in Japan they struggled to survive this war was cause by hatred....... “An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind”- Gandhi

I have to admit if both of them had to die I'm glad that setsuko died first bc I don't know what id do if seita died and she was left all alone.

This movie made me cry harder than anything else ive ever seen

Dude I watched this movie a while ago and it still hits incredibly hard. Just remembering how I felt when I watched this made me almost break into tears