In This Corner of the World

Name: In This Corner of the World
Genre: Drama, History, War, Animation
Released: August 11, 2017
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Barbara Goodson, Christine Marie Cabanos, Daisuke Ono, Kira Buckland, Laura Post

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Shout! Factory | Release Date: August 11, 2017 | PG-13

Starring: Barbara Goodson, Christine Marie Cabanos, Daisuke Ono, Kira Buckland, Laura Post, Mayumi Shintani, Megumi Han, Minori Omi, Nanase Iwai, Natsuki Inaba, Non, Shigeru Ushiyama, Tengai Shibuya, Todd Haberkorn, Yoshimasa Hosoya

Summary: The award-winning story of In This Corner of the World follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband’s family. Suzu’s life is thrown into chaos when her town is bombed during World War II. Her perseverance and courage underpin this heart-warming and inspirationalThe award-winning story of In This Corner of the World follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband’s family. Suzu’s life is thrown into chaos when her town is bombed during World War II. Her perseverance and courage underpin this heart-warming and inspirational tale of the everyday challenges faced by the Japanese in the midst of a violent, war-torn country. This beautiful yet poignant tale shows that even in the face of adversity and loss, people can come together and rebuild their lives. [Funimation Films]… Expand

Director: Sunao Katabuchi

Genre(s): Drama, History, War, Animation

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 130 min

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Stephen Kelly

Jun 26, 2017

An exquisite portrait of Hiroshima before the bomb that conjures a powerful sense of what – and who – was lost. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Jun 21, 2017

This impressionistic chronicle of the war is, at first, more concerned with household chores and family matters than it is with soldiers on the battlefield, but its harrowing third act reveals what can happen when civilians become targets as well. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Aug 10, 2017

In its visualization of a life that feels exceptional as well as ordinary, In This Corner of the World draws us in with the beauty of its animation and the specificity of its detail. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 30, 2017

It’s a reminder that making pretty pictures out of painful history is just a tentative step toward actually grappling with that history, no matter how hard politicians and revisionists fight to keep that from happening. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Aug 17, 2017

The elegant, condensed saga covers a dozen years, starting in 1933. You don't need to be an Einstein to guess where the story is heading. An evocative, slow-blooming feature is a study on the flash horrors of war and the gradual death of dreams. Read full review

Peter Keough

Aug 16, 2017

The painterly beauty of anime detaches the viewer from the terrible events depicted, but it also makes these cataclysms more accessible to the imagination. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Aug 9, 2017

In This Corner of the World is 129 minutes, an eternity for an animated film, especially one so wispy in look and so sparing in plot. Read full review

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terence

Nov 24, 2017

Beautiful film about the lives of an ordinary family in World War II Japan. This movie combines the light-hearted moments of "slice of life" with the tragedy of war in a way possibly unique to Anime. Be prepared for the feels.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

alejandro970

Aug 13, 2017

One of the most exquisite, beautiful Japenese animes of the year. The hand-made style recreates in a unique way the life of a young woman in wartime, just before the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Not so tragic as The grave of fireflies but is a full delight.

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Goobis

Jul 8, 2020

Although it starts slow, it completely makes up for it in the second half. Beautiful both visually and from a story telling standpoint. I think it's best not to look at it specifically from a viewpoint of someone from world war 2, but just someone from any country that's going through war.Although it starts slow, it completely makes up for it in the second half. Beautiful both visually and from a story telling standpoint. I think it's best not to look at it specifically from a viewpoint of someone from world war 2, but just someone from any country that's going through war. Suzi's story is an interesting view into someone who is living through and has lost due to war.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Oct 31, 2017

One of the best Japanese animations that I have seen in recent years and with them the quality ribbon is always high, a painful but beautiful story of one of their greatest tragedies and if anyone is going to talk about the horrors of Hiroshima are the people who suffered it raw.

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VidyaBum

Sep 12, 2020

An earnest if slightly aimless film about a civilian POV in the latter days of the Japanese Empire.

The movie is told through the eyes of Suzu, a young girl whose life is very much dominated by the war, as she is essentially shipped off to a forced marriage to a militaryman, she is stuckAn earnest if slightly aimless film about a civilian POV in the latter days of the Japanese Empire.

The movie is told through the eyes of Suzu, a young girl whose life is very much dominated by the war, as she is essentially shipped off to a forced marriage to a militaryman, she is stuck with a step-sister who hates her, death and suffering come to her and her surroundings, and she is left to her own devices against the rationing, american bombing runs and general misery.

At the same time, her husband is kind to her, her family does accept her, she has no personal threats, and she isn't exactly being particularly mistreated.

The movie feels like a lot of energy is spent on this protagonist, which is a bit of an issue because this protagonist feels like a real person, and they have no special trait, they feel real and normal and live real and normal lives in a difficult time.

Had this movie been more focused on a main message or on its portrayal of 35-45 Japan, I think it would have gained in strength. All this could still have been done from the POV of one civilian, but that civilian could've been a bit more "imaginary" and lived through more telltale events of the period rather than showing them making food recipes with wild plants.

Besides this, the movie is really good all around. The emotions do swirl at some points, without it being overdrawn like in an american drama where the basest of the base is used to jerk tears out of your eyes. Here it's tragic and dramatic without feeling cheap or fake.

The movie has some odd moments (like that time we seemingly see her have "two lives" and one turns out to be a dream) but it is beautifully animated, with great music, good taste, and is an all around piece of truth about the american bombing policy and their effects on the civilian population.… Expand

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fluxmulder

Aug 11, 2017

As an anime, this is beautiful. Top notch production values. The same can't be said of the subject matter. This is classic Japanese revisionist propaganda in which they paint themselves as victims of World War 2 rather than the monstrous perpetrators that they were. And they use aAs an anime, this is beautiful. Top notch production values. The same can't be said of the subject matter. This is classic Japanese revisionist propaganda in which they paint themselves as victims of World War 2 rather than the monstrous perpetrators that they were. And they use a sympathetic child protagonist to boot. Japan, own up to your past. Accept that the suffering your civilian populace incurred was a consequence of your own terrible actions.… Expand

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