Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies is a film of Isao Takahata realised the 17 of April 1988. The movie is based on a novel (with the same name) by Akiyuki Nosaka in 1967. The original name of this film is Hotaru no haka. This film run by the second world war in Japan.

Director: Isao Takahata
Production: Toru Hara
Script: Isao Takahata
Music:Michio Mamiya

Sipnopsis

The film takes place in Japan during the second world war. The protagonists are two brothers who have to survive this war to overcome all obstacles and difficulties which put them ahead. Brother elder, Seita, feel a great duty, which is to take care of her younger sister Setsuko, of 5 years.

Characters

Seita: Is the older brother of Setsuko. He is 14 years old and his main purpose is to take care of her sister. He avoid giving trouble to people but he claim what is yours to help his little sister.

Satsuko:Satsuko is the little sister of Seita, she is 5 years old and whenever is possible, she try to smile, but throughout the film, the girl begins to feel damage from malnutrition.

Seita and Satsuko escaping of the fire

The aunt: She is a woman that welcomes children with reluctantly at first, but eventually begins to despise them more.

Kobe, Japan

Kobe: Is the city where the bombing happened


The live action of "Grave of the fireflies" was released in 2005 produced by the Japanese NTV for the 60th anniversary of the end of the second world war

Here is the Trailer of the movie

 




The next video is the song of the ↓ film by piano

Castle in the sky

Castle in the sky is another film from Hayao Miyazaki realised on 2 August 1986. The movie is influenced by Jonathan Swift's novel "Gulliver's Travels". The original name of this movie is Tenkū no Shiro Laputa. In countries where Spanish is spoken, this title was the result of mockery, so gave him the title of "The castle in the sky". The film runs for 124 minutes and their genre is adventure.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production: Isao Takahata, Toshio Suzuki
Script: Hayao Miyazaki
Music: Joe Hisaishi

Sipnopsis

Pazu is a boy who works in a village of miners, one day sees a girl that is falling from the sky, and he save her. The two children soon become friends, and the girl, Sheeta, tells him that some men of the government are chasing her because they want to get the stone which bears the collar, to find the castle in the sky called Laputa.

Characters 

Pazu: Pazu is a lively and hyperactive boy who works in the mines of his village. When he meet Sheeta, they become friends  and along the film starts to feel attraction for her, so he tries to protect her by all possible means.


Sheeta: Sheeta is a very nice girl who cares much for others. She is a descendant of one of the families of Laputa. Sheeta takes love to Pazu so she don't want to give him troubles.


 
Dola: Dola is an old woman, who leads a band of pirates. She is an ambitious lady but in fact is a good person.














Muska: Muska is the villain of the film. He works for the Government, but that is only a cover to keep the secrets of laputa for he. This character is an evil and selfish, his only aim is to have more and more dominion.

Dola's band: They are the pirates directed by Dola.

Sky Robot: They are soldiers robot that habit in the castle in the sky. In the past they fought against the attackers of the Castle, and when came the time of peace began to take care of the fauna of laputa and it came out grass by the body.
One curiosity is that the Fox squirrels which appears in Nausicaä of the Valley of the wind are the same that appear in Castle in the sky.

← Here is the trailer of the movie

                       

This is a projection on a piano to the beat of the music→

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Nausicaä of the valley of the wind is a film created by Hayao Miyazaki with TopCraft Studio, based on the Miyazaki’s manga. The film was realase the 11th of  March in 1984.The film runs 116 minutes.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki.
Production: Isao Takahata.
Script: Hayao Miyazaki.
Music: Joe Hisaishi.

Sipnopsis

The place  where the events of the film occurs is a post-apocalyptic world where nausicaa is the princess of the valley of the wind. She loves the insects of the Toxic Jungle, a forest whit giant mutant insects. One night, during a visit by the Valley's swordsmaster, Lord Yupa, a large fixed-wing  cargo aircraft from the kingdom of Tolmekia crashes in the Valley. Nausicaä tries to rescue an onboard passenger, the wounded Princess Lastelle of Pejite, who pleads with Nausicaä to destroy the cargo before dying. The cargo is an embryo of a Giant Warrior.

 Characters

 

Nausicaä:  Nausicaä is the Princess of the Valley of the wind, is a girl with great empathy and mental strength. It has the ability to communicate with animals and insects of the Toxic Jungle. Drive a single-seater glider, called Möwe. She has a Fox squirrel as a pet.

Yupa master: The Yupa master is an Explorer and one of the best swordsmen in the world, widely known in the periphery, in the Valley and feared by his enemies for his great ability to fight.

Gram/matriarch: A wise woman of the Valley.

Asbel: Asbel is the Prince of Pejite, and friend of Nausicaa. They help each other on several occasions.

Lady Kushana: Princess of Tormekia. In the early days is selfish, proud, serious and nasty, but known to Nausicaa begins to change his personality by someone with more empathy.

Kurotowa: Tormekia captain, is under orders from Lady Kushana and feel attraction for her. He is an ambitious person and ironic.

Ohms: Gigant Insect that live in the Toxic Jungle.They are the "guardians" of forest, responsible for its defense.

Möwe: The single-seater glider

Now I'm going to share the trailer of the movie and some songs of it.

     
←Trailer of the movie 

 Nausicaä Requiem→

 

This is Miyazaki's Manga in which is based the film. In the account history much more thoroughly, and there are several important events that did not count in the film.