Title: More than anti-war: anti-inhumanity
Review: Hearing of a Japanese film made about the end of WWII, the knee-jerk reaction is to figure that the film will be heavily anti-American. In fact, the Americans appear very little, maintaining a shadowy but definite presence in the background of the story. Unlike most anti-war films, which focus on the horrors of fighting a war, Grave of the Fireflies deals with the life of a non-combatant. In the end, it is harshest not on the Americans, but in its condemnation of the Japanese people who failed to help their own. The true horror of the film comes not from the war, but how people react to it.
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