The Woman In The Fireflies Comparison
Ikiru is a 1952 film directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa that follows a local Tokyo bureaucrat who discovers he has stomach cancer and his search for his life’s meaning. The Woman in the Dunes is a 1962 novel by Kōbō Abe, which follows the life Niki Jumpei, a school teacher and part-time entomologist, after he is held against his will with a widow that he barely knows. Written and co-directed by Isao Takahata and animated by Studio Ghibli, Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 animated film that follows the story of two siblings, Seita and Setsuko, and their survival during the final months of World War II.