In This Corner of the World

Nov 12, 2016

2h 10m

★ 7.9

Torn apart by war. Brought together by love.

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…

Genres

Drama

Animation

Romance

War

History

Production Companies

GENCO

MAPPA

In This Corner of the World Trailers

Cast

Suzu Hojo (voice)

Non

Shusaku Hojo (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Harumi Kuromura (voice)

Natsuki Inaba

Keiko Kuromura (voice)

Minori Omi

Tetsu Mizuhara (voice)

Daisuke Ono

Sumi Urano (voice)

Megumi Han

Rin Shiraki (voice)

Nanase Iwai

Entaro Hojo (voice)

Shigeru Ushiyama

San Hojo (voice)

Mayumi Shintani

Juro Urano (voice)

Tsuyoshi Koyama

Kiseno Urano (voice)

Masumi Tsuda

Yoichi Urano (voice)

Kanata Omori

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Cast

Suzu Hojo (voice)