Flags of Our Fathers vs In This Corner of the World
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.9/10 for Flags of Our Fathers). In This Corner of the World is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 15m. Flags of Our Fathers is the older of the two (2006 against 2016). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flags of Our Fathers
In This Corner of the World| Flags of Our Fathers | In This Corner of the World | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Clint Eastwood | Sunao Katabuchi |
| Main cast | Chris Bauer, Robert Patrick, Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Neal McDonough | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba |
Synopsis
Flags of Our Fathers
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
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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