In This Corner of the World

2016 · 130 min · JA · PG-13 · 7.9 (659 votes)

Dir. Sunao Katabuchi · Starring Non, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba, Minori Omi, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han · Music Kotringo

“Torn apart by war. Brought together by love.”

AnimationDramaWarHistory

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…

VIBE

A quiet, character-driven anime that finds profound beauty and resilience in the face of immense hardship. It's a gentle, often heartbreaking, yet ultimately life-affirming look at everyday existence during wartime.

melancholichopefulbittersweetresilientpoignantsteadyslice-of-life animehistorical dramahand-drawn animationresiliencelovewarfamilyfinding beauty

▶ Stream on Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

japanhusband wife relationshipworld war iihiroshima, japanfamily relationshipsromancebased on mangaadult animationseinen1940sanime1930sshōwa era (1926-89)daily life