Films like 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 sim...
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Barefoot Gen
Film · 1983 · also animation and dramaA story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
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The Boy and the Heron
Film · 2023 · also animation and dramaWhile the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko...
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Giovanni's Island
Film · 2014 · also animation and dramaIn the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed bord...
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From Up on Poppy Hill
Film · 2011 · also animation and dramaYokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict...
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Ethel & Ernest
Film · 2016 · also animation and dramaThis hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents,...
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Barefoot Gen 2
Film · 1986 · also animation and dramaThree years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Film · 1959 · also drama and historyKaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend S...
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Kensuke's Kingdom
Film · 2024 · also animation and dramaA young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a remote isla...
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When the Wind Blows
Film · 1986 · also animation and dramaWith the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of...
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Sword of the Stranger
Film · 2007 · also animation and historyPursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The unlikely companions form a b...
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