In This Corner of the World vs Tolkien
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.9/10 for Tolkien). Tolkien is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 10m. In This Corner of the World is the older of the two (2016 against 2019). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
Tolkien| In This Corner of the World | Tolkien | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, Romance, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Dome Karukoski |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Harry Gilby, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Mimi Keene |
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…
Tolkien
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.
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