In This Corner of the World vs Pope Joan
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.8/10 for Pope Joan). In This Corner of the World is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 29m. Pope Joan is the older of the two (2009 against 2016). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
Pope Joan| In This Corner of the World | Pope Joan | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2009 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 2h 29m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Sönke Wortmann |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Nicholas Woodeson, John Goodman, David Wenham, Iain Glen, Suzanne Bertish |
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…
Pope Joan
A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
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