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  KADC

  5.0 out of 5 stars One of only three movies that have ever made me cry.

  Reviewed in Canada on April 7, 2014

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  A wonderful and honest-feeling story (based on a semi-autobiographical novel) of two Japanese orphans trying to survive on their own in WWII. Isao Takahata does an excellent job of keeping this movie from being mired in despair while at the same time not sugar-coating the increasingly desperate situation of the main characters. Like most Studio Ghibli films, the animation of this movie is beautiful and draws the viewer into observing the minute details of life that we normally pay no attention to
  
  The ending of this movie caused me to cry for the first time in my adult life; though perhaps that may be partly due to my missing the opening "spoiler" of this movie the first time I saw it which otherwise effectively prepares the viewer for the inevitable way it ends. ("Plague Dogs" [1982] and "The Happy Price" [1974] being the other two movies that can melt even the coldest of hearts.)

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