From Up on Poppy Hill vs Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.5/10 for From Up on Poppy Hill). Grave of the Fireflies is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 31m. Grave of the Fireflies is the older of the two (1988 against 2011). Both are animation, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
From Up on Poppy Hill
Grave of the Fireflies| From Up on Poppy Hill | Grave of the Fireflies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama | Animation, Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Goro Miyazaki | Isao Takahata |
| Main cast | Masami Nagasawa, Yuriko Ishida, Rumi Hiiragi, Takashi Naito, Nao Omori | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai |
Synopsis
From Up on Poppy Hill
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull…
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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