In This Corner of the World vs The Commander
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7/10 for The Commander). The Commander is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 10m. In This Corner of the World is the older of the two (2016 against 2023). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
The Commander| In This Corner of the World | The Commander | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2023 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 2h |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Edoardo De Angelis |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Arturo Muselli, Pierfrancesco Favino, Massimiliano Rossi, Gianluca Di Gennaro, Paolo Bonacelli |
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 Commander
One dark night during the early phases of WWII, the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini sinks an armed merchant ship sailing with lights out. At that moment, its commander Salvatore Todaro makes a decision that was destined to go down in history: to save the 26 shipwrecked Belgians who otherwise would have drowned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and disembark them at the nearest safe harbor. To make room for them on board his submarine…
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