Given vs In This Corner of the World
Given has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.9/10 for In This Corner of the World). Given is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 2h 10m. In This Corner of the World is the older of the two (2016 against 2020). Both are animation, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Given
In This Corner of the World| Given | In This Corner of the World | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, Music, Romance | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Hikaru Yamaguchi | Sunao Katabuchi |
| Main cast | Takuya Eguchi, Yuma Uchida, Masatomo Nakazawa, Shogo Yano, Shintaro Asanuma | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba |
Synopsis
Given
Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.
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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