In This Corner of the World vs The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.8/10 for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas). The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 10m. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is the older of the two (2008 against 2016). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas| In This Corner of the World | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2008 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Mark Herman |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | David Hayman, Asa Butterfield, Vera Farmiga, Cara Horgan, David Thewlis |
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 Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
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