Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
- sibling relationship
- hunger
- world war ii
- wartime
- shelter
- struggle for survival
- brother sister
- pacific theater
- adult animation
- semi autobiographical
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tsutomu Tatsumi
Seita (voice)
Ayano Shiraishi
Setsuko (voice)
Yoshiko Shinohara
Mother (voice)
Akemi Yamaguchi
Auntie (voice)
- Masayo Sakai — Woman who takes care of Setsuko (voice)
- Kozo Hashida — Obayashi Chairman (voice)
- Kazumi Nozaki — Cousin (voice)
- Yoshio Matsuoka — Gosaku (voice)
- Masahiro Kanetake — Aunt's House Guest (voice)
- Kiyoshi Yanagawa — Patrolman (voice)
- Hajime Maki — Man who arrests Seita (voice)
- Atsuo Omotem — Person in Bank (voice)
- Teruhisa Harita — Station Worker (voice)
- Hiroshi Tanaka — Person in Bank (voice)
- Michio Denpo — Station Worker / Doctor (voice)
- Directed
- Isao Takahata
- Written
- Isao Takahata
Production
- Rating
- 8.4 / 10 · 6,764 ratings
- Studio
- Studio Ghibli
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
