In This Corner of the World

2016 · directed by Sunao Katabuchi

Rating
81/100
Hit
yes

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…

In This Corner of the World (2016), directed by Sunao Katabuchi, rates 81/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Non
  • Yoshimasa Hosoya
  • Natsuki Inaba
  • Minori Omi
  • Daisuke Ono
  • Megumi Han
  • Nanase Iwai
  • Shigeru Ushiyama
  • Mayumi Shintani
  • Tsuyoshi Koyama

Crew

  • Yuya Kumazawa — Director of Photography
  • Kashiko Kimura — Editor
  • Kotringo — Original Music Composer
  • Sunao Katabuchi — Screenplay

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