In This Corner of the World vs My Best Friend Anne Frank
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.8/10 for My Best Friend Anne Frank). My Best Friend Anne Frank is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 10m. In This Corner of the World is the older of the two (2016 against 2021). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
My Best Friend Anne Frank| In This Corner of the World | My Best Friend Anne Frank | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2021 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Ben Sombogaart |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Aiko Beemsterboer, Josephine Arendsen, Roeland Fernhout, Lottie Hellingman, Simone Canaris |
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…
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Based on the real-life friendship between Anne Frank and Hannah Goslar, from Nazi-occupied Amsterdam to their harrowing reunion in a concentration camp.
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