Grave of the Fireflies vs The Burning Cold
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.6/10 for The Burning Cold). Grave of the Fireflies is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 57m. Grave of the Fireflies is the older of the two (1988 against 2023). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grave of the Fireflies
The Burning Cold| Grave of the Fireflies | The Burning Cold | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 57m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Isao Takahata | Santi Trullenque |
| Main cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai | Pedro Casablanc, Roger Casamajor, Greta Fernández, Dani Codina, Adrià Collado |
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.
The Burning Cold
Winter of 1943. Andorra, a small country in the Pyrenees. In the tense calm of a borderland, where echoes of a nearby war reach the ears of the local inhabitants, Antonio and Sara, a young, married couple, are expecting their first child. No one knows exactly what is going on, nor what is being fought over, the priority is just to survive another day. When a family of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution arrives in the valley, the locals will find…
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