River Oaks Theatre Weekend Midnight Movies: Grave of the Fireflies
- When
- April 29, 2016
- Where
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River Oaks Theatre
2009 West Gray St
Houston,TX 77019 - Cost
- $7.50 - $62
Every Friday and Saturday night at 11:55pm, it’s another Midnight Movie Classic at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre.
Friday-Saturday, April 29 & 30: Grave of the Fireflies.
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (NR)
1 hrs, 29 mins
RELEASE: 04/16/1988
CAST: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
DIRECTOR: Isao Takahata
This achingly sad anti-war movie is one of Studio Ghibli’s most profoundly beautiful, haunting works.
In the aftermath of a World War II bombing, two orphaned children struggle to survive in the Japanese countryside. To Seita (voice of Tsutomu Tatsumi) and his four-year-old sister, the helplessness and indifference of their countrymen is even more painful than the enemy raids.
Through desperation, hunger and grief, these children’s lives are as heartbreaking and fragile as their spirit and love is inspiring.
Grave of the Fireflies is a tale of the true tragedy of war and innocence lost, not only of the abandoned young, but of an entire nation. Written and directed by Isao Takahata (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Pom Poko). (Fully subtitled)