In This Corner of the World
7.9/10
Rating
130 min
Runtime
2016
Release Year
Sunao Katabuchi
Director
Cast
Non, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba, Minori Omi, Daisuke Ono
Quick Synopsis
In 1943 Japan, during World War II, a young woman named Suzu leaves her rural village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her husband's family in Kure, a city known for its military harbor. Despite the challenges of wartime shortages and the demands of her new household, Suzu uses her creativity to adapt and become an essential part of her family. Drawing on traditional wisdom, she brings a sense of poetry and beauty to the simple routines of daily life. Throughout the difficulties she faces—including the loss of loved ones and frequent enemy air raids—Suzu maintains her positive spirit and determination.
Detailed Synopsis of In This Corner of the World
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…
