In This Corner of the World vs The English Patient
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.2/10 for The English Patient). In This Corner of the World is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 42m. The English Patient is the older of the two (1996 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
The English Patient| In This Corner of the World | The English Patient | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 1996 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 2h 42m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, Romance, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Anthony Minghella |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Naveen Andrews, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Jürgen Prochnow |
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 English Patient
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
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