In This Corner of the World vs Memoirs of a Geisha
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.7/10 for Memoirs of a Geisha). In This Corner of the World is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 26m. Memoirs of a Geisha is the older of the two (2005 against 2016). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
Memoirs of a Geisha| In This Corner of the World | Memoirs of a Geisha | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2005 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 2h 26m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | Japan | United States of America |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Rob Marshall |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Mako, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Tsai Chin, Youki Kudoh |
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…
Memoirs of a Geisha
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
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