Beasts of No Nation vs Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.6/10 for Beasts of No Nation). Grave of the Fireflies is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 2h 17m. Grave of the Fireflies is the older of the two (1988 against 2015). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beasts of No Nation
Grave of the Fireflies| Beasts of No Nation | Grave of the Fireflies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 1988 |
| Length | 2h 17m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Animation, Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Isao Takahata |
| Main cast | Nana Mensah, Idris Elba, Jude Akuwudike, Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai |
Synopsis
Beasts of No Nation
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
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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