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In This Corner of the World

Where:

Hiroshima Prefecture

When:

The 1930s The 1940s

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…

Released in 2016 — 130 minutes

Genres:

Drama Animation Romance War History

Language:

Japanese