Grave of the Fireflies vs In This Corner of the World
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.9/10 for In This Corner of the World). Grave of the Fireflies is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 2h 10m. Grave of the Fireflies is the older of the two (1988 against 2016). Both are animation, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grave of the Fireflies
In This Corner of the World| Grave of the Fireflies | In This Corner of the World | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Isao Takahata | Sunao Katabuchi |
| Main cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba |
Synopsis
Grave of the Fireflies
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
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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