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Grave of the Fireflies

Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnight)!

Director: Isao Takahata Run Time: 89 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1988 Language: Japanese

Starring: Akemi Yamaguchi, Ayano Shiraishi, Kozo Hashida, Tsutomu Tatsumi, Yoshiko Shinohara

This heartbreaking anime film follows a family in Japan in the final months of WWII. 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, they struggle to survive in an abandoned bomb shelter.

Tissues w. Grave of the Fireflies
7:30 pm – September 27 – $12.50
This is one of the most heartbreaking movies of all time, so we are offering complimentary tissues at this screening because there WILL be tears.

Showtimes: 
Friday, September 26 – 2:45 and 9:45 pm
Saturday, September 27 – 12:30 and 7:30 pm
Sunday, September 28 – 2:30 pm
Monday, September 29 – Noon and 4:20 pm
Tuesday, September 30 – 7:15 and 9:20 pm
Wednesday, October 1 –2:40 and 7 pm
Thursday, October 2 – Noon and 9:45 pm

 

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