Movie
In This Corner of the World
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…
Details
- Release date
- 2016-11-12
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Drama, Animation, Romance, War, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- GENCO, MAPPA
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Non as Suzu Hojo (voice)
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Shusaku Hojo (voice)
- Natsuki Inaba as Harumi Kuromura (voice)
- Minori Omi as Keiko Kuromura (voice)
- Daisuke Ono as Tetsu Mizuhara (voice)
- Megumi Han as Sumi Urano (voice)
- Nanase Iwai as Rin Shiraki (voice)
- Shigeru Ushiyama as Entaro Hojo (voice)
- Mayumi Shintani as San Hojo (voice)
- Tsuyoshi Koyama as Juro Urano (voice)
- Masumi Tsuda as Kiseno Urano (voice)
- Kanata Omori as Yoichi Urano (voice)
Crew
- Sunao Katabuchi - Director
- Sunao Katabuchi - Screenplay
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