Tombstone for Fireflies

Release Date: Jul 24, 2009
Director: Isao Takahata
Format: DVD 9
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Sound: Audio 1: Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0, Audio 2: Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0, Audio 3: English Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Duration: 88mins.
Special Feature: TV Spots, Trailers

Synopsis:
The movie sets in a few weeks before the American occupation and centers on the lives of two brave siblings, a fourteen year old boy named Seita and his four year old sister, Setsuko. With their father away serving in the imperial navy and their mother tragically killed in an air raid, the two children are forced to stay with their cruel aunt who ill-treated them. After quarreling with their aunt, the two siblings leave the city and venture out on their own, eventually stay in a cave-turned-abandoned bomb shelter. With no adults to turn to, the youngsters must depend solely on each other to survive. But it is not long before their resources are exhausted and Seita is forced into stealing so he can feed the starving Setsuko. And sadly, it seems his little sister is getting weaker by the moment. These dark times are illuminated only by the light of the fireflies.

太平洋战争已进入尾声，战火波及到日本本土，百姓开始过着躲避空袭的紧张生活。中学三年级的清太与四岁大的妹妹节子，在一次空袭事件中与母亲走散，最后落得只能投靠远房亲戚，过着寄人篱下的生活。 战事日趋吃紧，政府的补给品也越来越少，亲戚的冷漠嘲讽逼使兄妹离家过活。清太揹着节子找到一个无人山洞，过着有一餐没一餐的日子，唯一的慰藉就是抓取闪闪发亮的萤火虫，在漆黑的夜里求得心灵上的暂时宁静。 然而，兄妹俩的生命，也如同萤火虫一闪一灭般，正逐渐慢慢消逝……