In This Corner of the World vs The Exception
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7/10 for The Exception). The Exception is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 2h 10m. In This Corner of the World is the older of the two (2016 against 2017). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
The Exception| In This Corner of the World | The Exception | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 47m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, Romance, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | David Leveaux |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Eddie Marsan, Anton Lesser, Ben Daniels, Jai Courtney, Christopher Plummer |
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 Exception
Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with a local Jewish woman.
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