In This Corner of the World vs The Volunteers: To the War
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 5.8/10 for The Volunteers: To the War). In This Corner of the World is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 21m. 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 Volunteers: To the War| In This Corner of the World | The Volunteers: To the War | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2023 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 2h 21m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Chen Kaige |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Zhang Ziyi, Xin Baiqing, Huang Xiaoming, Zhu Yawen, Zhang Zifeng |
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 Volunteers: To the War
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, New China was faced with "internal and external troubles". Since the outbreak of the Korean Civil War, the U.S. military has repeatedly provoked the border between China and North Korea, and civilians have been brutally bombed. In order to maintain the hard-won peace and long-term stability for generations, in October 1950, the Chinese People's Volunteers entered North…
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