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In This Corner of the World
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…
2016 · Directed by Sunao Katabuchi · 130 min · Animation · Drama · War · History · 15 frames
Tagline
Torn apart by war. Brought together by love.
Crew
- Screenplay: Sunao Katabuchi
- Cinematography: Yuya Kumazawa
- Edited by: Kashiko Kimura
- Music: Kotringo
- Produced by: Taro Maki, Masao Maruyama
Cast
- Non as Suzu Hojo (voice)
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Shusaku Hojo (voice)
- Natsuki Inaba as Harumi Kuromura (voice)
- Minori Omi as Keiko Kuromura (voice)
- Daisuke Ono as Tetsu Mizuhara (voice)
- Megumi Han as Sumi Urano (voice)
- Nanase Iwai as Rin Shiraki (voice)
- Shigeru Ushiyama as Entaro Hojo (voice)
- Mayumi Shintani as San Hojo (voice)
- Tsuyoshi Koyama as Juro Urano (voice)
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: GENCO, MAPPA
- Box office: $19,496,308
- Themes: japan, husband wife relationship, world war ii, hiroshima, japan, family relationships, romance, based on manga, adult animation, seinen, 1940s
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