In This Corner of the World

About

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…

Credits

Directed by

• Sunao Katabuchi

Written by

• Sunao Katabuchi

Produced by

• Masao Maruyama
• Taro Maki

Music by

• Kotringo

Cinematography

• Yuya Kumazawa

Edited by

• Kashiko Kimura

Cast

• Nonas Suzu Hojo (voice)
• Yoshimasa Hosoyaas Shusaku Hojo (voice)
• Natsuki Inabaas Harumi Kuromura (voice)
• Minori Omias Keiko Kuromura (voice)
• Daisuke Onoas Tetsu Mizuhara (voice)
• Megumi Hanas Sumi Urano (voice)
• Nanase Iwaias Rin Shiraki (voice)
• Shigeru Ushiyamaas Entaro Hojo (voice)
• Mayumi Shintanias San Hojo (voice)
• Tsuyoshi Koyamaas Juro Urano (voice)
• Masumi Tsudaas Kiseno Urano (voice)
• Kanata Omorias Yoichi Urano (voice)
• Kotone Tachibanaas Kariya (voice)
• Hiromi Setaas Chita (voice)
• Kikuyo Semias Domoto (voice)
• Nozomu Sasakias Uncle Kobayashi (voice)
• Tomoko Shiotaas Aunt Kobayashi (voice)
• Hisako Kyodaas Ito Morita (voice)
• Mina Meguroas Marina (voice)
• Yuine Ikedaas Chizuko (voice)

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