Ep 25 - Grave Of The Fireflies, Isao Takahata 1988

Published: March 11, 2021, 1:27 p.m.

b'Seita and Setsuko\'s home is destroyed during the firebombing of their home town, and shortly there after their mother dies leaving them to fend for themselves. This is Isao Takahata\'s deeply moving and incredibly sad film based on Akiyuki Nosaka\'s excellent short story, and we our conversation about it.\\n\\nRecommendations for this episdode are\\n"Who Will Great you at Home" short story by Lesley Nneka Arimah\\nhttps://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/zz-packer-reads-lesley-nneka-arimah\\n\\nThrough a Glass Darkly - Ingmar Bergman 1961\\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_a_Glass_Darkly_(film)\\n\\nGet in touch with us here: unpleasantmovies@protonmail.com\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/unpleasantmovies/\\n\\nCheck out our list of unpleasant movies on Mubi:\\nhttps://mubi.com/lists/unpleasant-movies'