In This Corner of the World vs The Garden of Words
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.6/10 for The Garden of Words). The Garden of Words is the shorter watch at 46m compared with 2h 10m. The Garden of Words is the older of the two (2013 against 2016). Both are animation, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
The Garden of Words| In This Corner of the World | The Garden of Words | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2013 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 46m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Animation, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Makoto Shinkai |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Yuka Terasaki, Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Takeshi Maeda |
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 Garden of Words
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.
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