In This Corner of the World
Torn apart by war. Brought together by love.
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11/12/2016Runtime
130 minsOverview
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…
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A luminous portrait of quiet resilience set against the shadow of WWII, where an artist's eye finds beauty in everyday moments even as her world contracts around her. The film moves through intimate domestic scenes with painterly grace, building emotional weight through what remains unseen as much as what's shown.
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Suzu Hojo (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Shusaku Hojo (voice)
Natsuki Inaba
Harumi Kuromura (voice)
Minori Omi
Keiko Kuromura (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Tetsu Mizuhara (voice)
Megumi Han
Sumi Urano (voice)
Nanase Iwai
Rin Shiraki (voice)
Shigeru Ushiyama
Entaro Hojo (voice)
Mayumi Shintani
San Hojo (voice)
Tsuyoshi Koyama
Juro Urano (voice)
Masumi Tsuda
Kiseno Urano (voice)
Kanata Omori
Yoichi Urano (voice)
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