In This Corner of the World

A gentle, heartbreaking immersion into everyday life during wartime, where small acts of beauty and resilience make the inevitable losses almost unbearable.

Directed by

Sunao Katabuchi

Genres

Animation, Drama, War

Starring

Non, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba

Tagline

Torn apart by war. Brought together by love.

Overview

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…

How it feels

Melancholic, warm, earnest and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

War, family, grief, survival

Content

Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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