In This Corner of the World vs Katyn
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.7/10 for Katyn). Katyn is the shorter watch at 2h 2m compared with 2h 10m. Katyn is the older of the two (2007 against 2016). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
Katyn| In This Corner of the World | Katyn | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2007 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Andrzej Wajda |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Danuta Stenka, Sergey Garmash, Maja Ostaszewska, Paweł Małaszyński, Magdalena Cielecka |
Synopsis
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…
Katyn
On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.
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