Beyond Borders vs In This Corner of the World
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.4/10 for Beyond Borders). Beyond Borders is the shorter watch at 2h 7m compared with 2h 10m. Beyond Borders is the older of the two (2003 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beyond Borders
In This Corner of the World| Beyond Borders | In This Corner of the World | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Adventure, Drama, Romance, War | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Martin Campbell | Sunao Katabuchi |
| Main cast | Noah Emmerich, Linus Roache, Clive Owen, Teri Polo, Angelina Jolie | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba |
Synopsis
Beyond Borders
Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
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…
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