Film2016130 min

In This Corner of the World

Name: In This Corner of the World
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War
Released: 2016
Duration: 130 min
Cast: Non, Daisuke Ono, Mayumi Shintani, Megumi Han, Minori Omi

Taste attributes: animationdramahistoryromancewarfamilyhistoricalheavyimaginarylineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"Torn apart by war. Brought together by love."

Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, moving animated film: weighty and raw. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

8.1 /10

TMDB · 404 votes

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Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it

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Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

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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