In This Corner of the World
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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…
Status: Released
Released Date: 2016-11-12
Runtime: 130 mins
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Drama, Animation, Romance, War, History
Original title: In This Corner of the World
Production Companies: GENCO, MAPPA
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Non
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Natsuki Inaba
Minori Omi
Daisuke Ono
Megumi Han
Nanase Iwai
Shigeru Ushiyama
Mayumi Shintani
Tsuyoshi Koyama
Masumi Tsuda
Kanata Omori
Kotone Tachibana
Hiromi Seta
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