In This Corner of the World

Plot

Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…

Genres

Animation, Drama, War, History

Year

2016

Runtime

130 min

Director

Sunao Katabuchi

Cast

Non, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba, Minori Omi, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Nanase Iwai, Shigeru Ushiyama, Mayumi Shintani, Tsuyoshi Koyama

TMDB rating

7.9 / 10

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