A Time for Drunken Horses vs Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.6/10 for A Time for Drunken Horses). A Time for Drunken Horses is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 1h 29m. Grave of the Fireflies is the older of the two (1988 against 2000). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Time for Drunken Horses
Grave of the Fireflies| A Time for Drunken Horses | Grave of the Fireflies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 20m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Animation, Drama, War |
| Country | Iran | – |
| Director | Bahman Ghobadi | Isao Takahata |
| Main cast | Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini, Madi Ekhtiar-dini, Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai |
Synopsis
A Time for Drunken Horses
After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.
Grave of the Fireflies
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
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