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In This Corner of the World

In This Corner of the World

Torn apart by war. Brought together by love.

2016•2h 10m•7.9/10
DramaAnimationRomanceWarHistory

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7.9/10(628)

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…

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Production

GENCO, MAPPA

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Non

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Suzu Hojo (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Shusaku Hojo (voice)

Natsuki Inaba

Natsuki Inaba

Harumi Kuromura (voice)

Minori Omi

Minori Omi

Keiko Kuromura (voice)

Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono

Tetsu Mizuhara (voice)

Megumi Han

Megumi Han

Sumi Urano (voice)

Nanase Iwai

Nanase Iwai

Rin Shiraki (voice)

Shigeru Ushiyama

Shigeru Ushiyama

Entaro Hojo (voice)

Mayumi Shintani

Mayumi Shintani

San Hojo (voice)

Tsuyoshi Koyama

Tsuyoshi Koyama

Juro Urano (voice)

Masumi Tsuda

Masumi Tsuda

Kiseno Urano (voice)

Kanata Omori

Kanata Omori

Yoichi Urano (voice)

Kotone Tachibana

Kariya (voice)

Hiromi Seta

Hiromi Seta

Chita (voice)

Kikuyo Semi

Kikuyo Semi

Domoto (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki

Nozomu Sasaki

Uncle Kobayashi (voice)

Tomoko Shiota

Tomoko Shiota

Aunt Kobayashi (voice)

Hisako Kyoda

Hisako Kyoda

Ito Morita (voice)

Mina Meguro

Mina Meguro

Marina (voice)

Yuine Ikeda

Yuine Ikeda

Chizuko (voice)

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