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.

• Studio Ghibli
• Tsutomu Tatsumi
• Ayano Shiraishi
• Yoshiko Shinohara
• Akemi Yamaguchi
• Kozo Hashida
• Masayo Sakai
• Kazumi Nozaki
• Yoshio Matsuoka