Grave of the Fireflies vs In Darkness
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.9/10 for In Darkness). Grave of the Fireflies is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 2h 25m. Grave of the Fireflies is the older of the two (1988 against 2011). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grave of the Fireflies
In Darkness| Grave of the Fireflies | In Darkness | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Isao Takahata | Agnieszka Holland |
| Main cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai | Michał Żurawski, Benno Fürmann, Aleksander Mincer, Agnieszka Grochowska, Herbert Knaup |
Synopsis
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.
In Darkness
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lvov (formerly Poland).
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