In This Corner of the World vs Twice Born
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.3/10 for Twice Born). Twice Born is the shorter watch at 2h 7m compared with 2h 10m. Twice Born is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
Twice Born| In This Corner of the World | Twice Born | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, Romance, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Sergio Castellitto |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Penélope Cruz, Jane Birkin, Emile Hirsch, Sergio Castellitto, Pietro Castellitto |
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…
Twice Born
Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
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