Grave of the Fireflies vs Man in the Middle
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.5/10 for Man in the Middle). Grave of the Fireflies is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 33m. Man in the Middle is the older of the two (1964 against 1988). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grave of the Fireflies
Man in the Middle| Grave of the Fireflies | Man in the Middle | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 1964 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Isao Takahata | Guy Hamilton |
| Main cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai | Sam Wanamaker, Paul Maxwell, Robert Mitchum, Keenan Wynn, France Nuyen |
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.
Man in the Middle
In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a…
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