In This Corner of the World (7.9)

Movie · 2016 · 2 h 10 min · Animation, Drama, War, History

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…

Directed by: Sunao Katabuchi

Starring のん, Yoshimasa Hosoya, 稲葉菜月, 尾身美詞, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, 岩井七世, 牛山茂, Mayumi Shintani, Tsuyoshi Koyama

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