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In This Corner of the World (2016)

In This Corner of the World (2016)

Drama Romance Animation History War

Torn apart by war. Brought together by love.

Release Date: 2016, November 12
Directors: Sunao Katabuchi
Countries: Japan
Production: GENCO, MAPPA
Cast: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Tomoki Lavernhe, Yuine Ikeda, Mina Meguro, Kenta Miyake, Megumi Han, Nozomu Sasaki, Hisako Kyoda, Daisuke Ono, Non, Miki Hase, Shigeru Ushiyama

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…

Keywords:

world war ii 1940s anime 1930s based on manga family relationships romance adult animation japan husband wife relationship shōwa era (1926-89) seinen hiroshima, japan daily life