A touching and unforgettable movie!

Rating: 10/10 (12 November 2015)

Isao Takahata's masterpiece, a moving, poignant and honest movie that tells the story of two brothers hardships during the last months of World War II, the most terrible for Japan, forced to an unconditional surrender after the devastation of its territory by the United States, intent to force its capitulation terrorizing defenseless civilian populations with the use of air power, the real weapon of mass destruction, in an escalation of death, culminating in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A film about memory, to remember the horrors of war and the irremediable consequences resulting. A film that, ultimately, also shows how the animation will treat adult and complex issues in a historically accurate and with a style similar to shooting a live action movie.