Grave of the Fireflies vs Run Boy Run
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Run Boy Run). Grave of the Fireflies is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 48m. Grave of the Fireflies is the older of the two (1988 against 2014). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grave of the Fireflies
Run Boy Run| Grave of the Fireflies | Run Boy Run | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Isao Takahata | Pepe Danquart |
| Main cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai | Elisabeth Duda, Rainer Bock, Jeanette Hain, Mirosław Baka, Kamil Tkacz |
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.
Run Boy Run
Run Boy Run is the true story of Jurek, an eight-year-old boy, who escapes from the Warsaw ghetto, then manages to survive in the woods and working as a farmhand, disguising himself as a Polish orphan. He encounters people who will betray him for a reward, who will beat him up or try to kill him, and he meets those, who will do and risk almost everything to help him. Jurek’s resilience is put to the ultimate test, when an accident cripples him…
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