In This Corner of the World vs Winter in Wartime
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.7/10 for Winter in Wartime). Winter in Wartime is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 10m. Winter in Wartime is the older of the two (2008 against 2016). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
Winter in Wartime| In This Corner of the World | Winter in Wartime | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2008 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Martin Koolhoven |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry, Dan van Husen, Tygo Gernandt |
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…
Winter in Wartime
During World War II in the freezing winter of 1944-45 the western Netherlands are in the grip of a famine. Many people move east to provide for their families. Fourteen year old Michiel can't wait to join the Dutch resistance, to the dismay of his father, who, as mayor, works to prevent escalations in the village.
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