It was released at the same time with "My neighbor Totoro", in a double premier on 1988. Althought the movie wasn't released in the western world till 1994.
This film is based on the autobiographical story (with the same name) of Akiyuki Nosaka, published on 1967, this talks about the experiences of Nosaka during the war.
This full-length film is set in the city of Kōbe, in Japan, during the second world war.
It tells about the difficult times that lives two siblings, called Seita y Setsuko, and their attempt pf survive in this hard period.
I didn't know so much about the cast, It's a animated film so I wasn't interested on this part, but I will tell you their names.
Tsutomo Tatsumi's voice was for the protagonist Seita
Setsuko's is Ayano Shiraishi, who was 4 years old at this time. Studios Ghibli recorded her voice first and then animated the scenes, something they don't commonly do.
Akemi Yamaguchi lent her voice for the siblings' aunt and Yoshiko Shinohara did it for their mother.
doctor's voice is Hiroshi Kawaguchi's.
I watched this movie two years ago, on january, I think. That because my little sister is a big fan of japanese amination. She's watching animes and japanese movies all the time, so she received a pack of studios ghibli's movies as gift from my parents. And a pair of weeks after Christmas we seized the television and started to saw them.
I love movies that removes something on yourself, that makes you think about it, and makes you feel something, and this movie totally done it. The film showed the harsh reality of a war, even when it was an animated film.
The history was so sad! I were all the time thinking how would it be if something like this happen closely to us.
I have to say it I cried, and a lot, the movie was so powerful! And meanwhile I was thinking that this was the saddest film in the world my heartless sister laughed at me.
This movie is so sad, how your sister laugh at you. I have to admit that I love Studio Ghibli
ResponderEliminarMe too 🙆🙆
EliminarIs tragical jajaj my uncle love Japanese animes and "culture" (He tries to learn the languagge and kendo(?) The first time I saw the movie I was 5 years... For a little kid it was terrible xD the most tragical scene was in the hospital when they showed her mother... I was just afraid then, but now I can apreciatte it like a great movie full of feelings
ResponderEliminarIt's a great movie, really sad and tragic, but i'm with your sister in this one, i would have laughed too, sorry
ResponderEliminarHave you seen "When Marnie was there", from Studio Ghibli, is also really good and sad. I wouldn't laugh at this one