In This Corner of the World (2016)

Animation, Drama, War, History • PT2H10M

In This Corner of the World

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…

Director: Sunao Katabuchi

Top Cast

  • Non as Suzu Hojo (voice)
  • Yoshimasa Hosoya as Shusaku Hojo (voice)
  • Natsuki Inaba as Harumi Kuromura (voice)
  • Minori Omi as Keiko Kuromura (voice)
  • Daisuke Ono as Tetsu Mizuhara (voice)

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