Tears and tears, but especial ones for Satsuko

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2016)

I still have the tears in my eyes. I just watched this sad story about Seita and his innocent sister Satsuko. What can I say? I truly believe that any movie critic should agree that this Grave of the Fireflies (1988) by Isao Takahata arrives a hundred times stronger and deeper to our hearts and eyes than Steven Spielberg's 'Schindler's List' (1993) or Roman Polanski's 'The Pianist' (2002)
At first, I thought that this was going to be some kind of manga-election as Top Rated Movies #59, but I do understand now a little bit of the Japanese history, survival and sadness. Once again, no words need to express the declining days of WW2. What a pity!
In here, we can enjoy a beautiful flashback into Seita's memories. And step by step, the lose of this particular family. Seita's imprudence takes his sister into heaven. He should have done better, for sure! He could have saved this mellifluous voice and charming princess. When the movie finished, I was still hearing her voice from somewhere...
Brilliant film-gem which puts us into the picture in the best way possible of what has happened in the city of Kobe, Japan. Thanks to the fact that the movie is an animation, it makes it even more 'dramatic' and accurate for the observers.
10 out of 10 - excellent work!