In This Corner of the World vs Waltz with Bashir
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.7/10 for Waltz with Bashir). Waltz with Bashir is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 10m. Waltz with Bashir is the older of the two (2008 against 2016). Both are animation, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| In This Corner of the World | Waltz with Bashir | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2008 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Animation, Documentary, Drama, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Ari Folman |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Mickey Leon, Ari Folman, Ori Sivan, Yehezkel Lazarov, Ronny Dayag |
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…
Waltz with Bashir
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
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