Where can I watch Grave of the Fireflies in Persian?
Grave of the Fireflies streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It is available with a Persian dub and with Persian subtitles. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 1988 animation film from Japan. The film is served from Ktime's own library rather than linked out to another service. Availability checked as of September 2026.
Directed by Isao Takahata, this 1988 animation film carries an IMDb rating of 8.5.
Synopsis
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.
Cast & crew
Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 animation film from Japan. It was directed by Isao Takahata. The cast is led by Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara. It runs 89 minutes. These credits come from this title's own record in the Ktime catalogue, refreshed with every six-hour catalogue sync.
- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Cast
- Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
- Country
- Japan
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genre
- Animation, Drama, War