In This Corner of the World vs The Alamo
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 5.8/10 for The Alamo). In This Corner of the World is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 17m. The Alamo is the older of the two (2004 against 2016). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
The Alamo| In This Corner of the World | The Alamo | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 2h 17m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | John Lee Hancock |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Billy Bob Thornton, Dennis Quaid, Edwin Hodge, Emilio Echevarría, Leon Rippy |
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…
The Alamo
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
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