Good Will to Men vs Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.2/10 for Good Will to Men). Good Will to Men is the shorter watch at 9m compared with 1h 29m. Good Will to Men is the older of the two (1955 against 1988). Both are animation, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Good Will to Men
Grave of the Fireflies| Good Will to Men | Grave of the Fireflies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 1955 | 1988 |
| Length | 9m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Animation, Drama, War |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Isao Takahata |
| Main cast | Daws Butler | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai |
Synopsis
Good Will to Men
A group of young mice is in the ruins of a church, practicing singing for an upcoming service. After singing an adulterated version of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," the mice wonder about the last line, "Good will to men." One of them asks the choirmaster, an old mouse, "What are men?" The old mouse explains that they all killed each other off by building bigger and more destructive weapons, first guns, then missiles, then bombs.
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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