In This Corner of the World
Torn apart by war. Brought together by love.
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…
- Year: 2016
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama, Animation, Romance, War, History
- Studio: GENCO, MAPPA
- Keyword: japan, husband wife relationship, world war ii, hiroshima, japan, family relationships, based on manga, adult animation, seinen, 1940s, anime, 1930s
- Director: Sunao Katabuchi
- Cast: Non, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba, Minori Omi, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han