Emperor vs In This Corner of the World
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.1/10 for Emperor). Emperor is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 10m. Emperor is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Emperor
In This Corner of the World| Emperor | In This Corner of the World | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Peter Webber | Sunao Katabuchi |
| Main cast | Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Masayoshi Haneda, Kaori Momoi | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba |
Synopsis
Emperor
As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
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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