At the beginning of the movie, because the promotion of the film was written as an anti-war animation, so I looked at it as an anti-war theme, but after watching it, my idea was: although on some level, it can also be used as an "anti-war" film, in fact, the most important theme that the director wants to express is not anti-war, but as objective as possible from the perspective of war orphans to depict Japan's wartime and post-war life scenes.
The director wants the audience to see the story from the perspective of a "bystander".
More importantly, the two brothers and sisters could have died of starvation. As long as they stay at their aunt's house, although they are under the fence, the aunt is not good to them, but at least, they will not starve to death. It was my brother's unwilling self-esteem, and the untimely pride that in that situation killed my sister and myself.
According to the director himself, although the brothers and sisters depicted in this film have successfully built a closed family life, this state of life that refuses to rely on the people around them to live and finally fails to live has something in common with people born in modern times, especially with the young generation born in the 20s.
It's a really good movie, well worth a look, and there's a lot to reflect on.
![From "Grave of the Fireflies", we can see how tragic the fate of Japan's war was. Killed more than a nuclear explosion in Nagasaki, Hiroshima. Brother Qingtai did not deserve sympathy. The innocence of The Festival. Maggots still hanging? Still carrying Japan's self-mourning. Postscript: Before and after Japan's surrender, the food supply decreased by more than 1/3. This is still superficial, in fact, rice was already a staple food in Japan in the Edo period, and it was difficult to swallow coarse grains, which is why Setsuko was obsessed with rice. There are also merchants who hoard grain for sale on the black market, occupying a limited distribution of grain and exacerbating the food shortage. This is also the reason why the Kobe railway station was starving at the beginning.[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)