In This Corner of the World (2016)

Torn apart by war. Brought together by love.

• Animation
• Drama
• War
• History

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…

Rating

7.9 / 10 (662 votes)

Release date

November 12, 2016

Runtime

2h 10m

Language

Japanese

Director

Sunao Katabuchi

Status

Released