Wonderful depiction of some of the costs of war.

Rating: 9/10 (19 November 2012)

The story of a fourteen year old boy and his fourteen year old sister's struggle to survive in Japan through WWII. The portrayal does not vilify American. The language is the language of real people. The animation is beautiful. The movie tells the end of the story through a scene at the beginning of the story which works dramatically in this case. The author of the book on which the film is based drew in part upon his personal experiences with firebombing of Japan during WWII. I almost never cry during a film, but I cried during this one. An outstanding film that illustrates the important moral truth that some of the travail of war falls on the innocent.