Tobar said:
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
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Yes, it's quite powerful. When I first watched that movie about a year ago I was teary eyed 15 minutes in and pretty much weeping for the last 30 minutes and quite awhile after the credits finished. I was depressed some days afterward, too, and I often have the beautifully melancholy score in my head.
Just like captainsolo said, GOTF is haunting and utterly unforgettable... in a good way. It's a movie that I feel more people need to see when they are old enough or mature enough to really be affected by it. To be devastated by the movie but also invigorated by it's anti-war message. The movie is not political. It shows that the greatest tragedy of war is the loss of innocence and the irreparable damage to the framework of our society.
War is a result of the inability to resolve political or ideological differences without violence. It represents the complete and utter failure of society to protect the innocent, represented mostly by children.
On a side note the movie is semi-biographical, based on the memoirs of a Japanese man who had a similar experience as Seita during WW2.
T_T