In This Corner of the World (2016)

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…

Genres: Animation, Drama, War, History

What to watch after In This Corner of the World

• The Wind Rises (2013) — Same feel: dramatic, emotional
• Only Yesterday (1991) — Two steps away in the credits
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) — Two steps away in the credits
• The Boy and the Heron (2023) — Two steps away in the credits
• Princess Mononoke (1997) — Two steps away in the credits
• Suzume (2022) — Same subject: japan