Japan Synopsis
この世界の片隅に
“Torn apart by war. Brought together by love.”
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…
Audience Engagement
509 audience reviews — more than 94% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (94th percentile) outruns trending popularity (72th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with In This Corner of the World. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From GENCO
Drama + Animation in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding In This Corner of the World itself).
The 2015–2017 Japan Window
Among 588 Japan films we catalog from this window, In This Corner of the World places #78 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including In This Corner of the World. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.
The 3456th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on In This Corner of the World, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- 1930s · 23
- hiroshima · 11
- anime · 711
- japan · 454
- japan · 454
- based on manga · 297
- adult animation · 101
- family relationships · 57
- world war ii · 55
- husband wife relationship · 46
- seinen · 36
- 1940s · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #527 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (88th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #225 of 1,933 (top 12%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | GENCO, MAPPA |
| Runtime | 2h 10m |
| Release Date | November 12, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt4769824 |
| Official Site | www.inthiscornermovie.com |