In This Corner of the World vs The Shadow in My Eye
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.8/10 for The Shadow in My Eye). The Shadow in My Eye 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 2021). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
The Shadow in My Eye| In This Corner of the World | The Shadow in My Eye | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2021 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 47m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Ole Bornedal |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Alex Høgh Andersen, Danica Ćurčić, James Tarpey, Fanny Leander Bornedal, Rikke Louise Andersson |
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 Shadow in My Eye
On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.
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