Grave of the Fireflies vs Pale-Face
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.5/10 for Pale-Face). Pale-Face is the shorter watch at 7m compared with 1h 29m. Pale-Face is the older of the two (1933 against 1988). Both are animation movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grave of the Fireflies
Pale-Face| Grave of the Fireflies | Pale-Face | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 1933 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 7m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Animation |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Isao Takahata | Ub Iwerks |
| Main cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai | – |
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.
Pale-Face
Flip's lunchtime picnic with his sweetheart (a human one) is interrupted by an Indian attack. The buffoonish "Injuns" drive them to a log cabin with their arrows, and there's a grand shootout. Eventually, though, they are tied to a stake with whooping, war-chanting, Indians threatening to make an end of them... until the woodland creatures mount a counter-offensive to free them. The Indians get the tar knocked out of them as they flee the…
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