Movie · 2016
In This Corner of the World
2h 10m
Animation, Drama, War
Sunao Katabuchi
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…
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Details
Original title
この世界の片隅に
Director
Sunao Katabuchi
Year
2016
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
Animation, Drama, War, History