Grave of the Fireflies vs Taking Sides
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.2/10 for Taking Sides). 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 2002). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grave of the Fireflies
Taking Sides| Grave of the Fireflies | Taking Sides | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, Music, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Isao Takahata | István Szabó |
| Main cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai | Harvey Keitel, R. Lee Ermey, August Zirner, Moritz Bleibtreu, Stellan Skarsgård |
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.
Taking Sides
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute…
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