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In This Corner of the World
2016
· Movie
· 129 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #66
- IMDb #88
- Google retired #24
- Metacritic #157
- Letterboxd #58
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #48
+5 more
- Metacritic Critics #133
- Metacritic Audience #197
- Kinopoisk #67
- AlloCiné #95
- Trakt #119
Every rating
73–98
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 73, highest is Google on 98.
See the most agreed on films →A young, artistic woman leaves her home in Hiroshima to marry a man she barely knows and live with his family in the port city of Kure during the 1940s. The film follows her daily struggles and small joys as she adapts to her new life against the escalating backdrop of World War II.
Details
- Director
- Sunao Katabuchi
- Writer
- Sunao Katabuchi
- Based on
- In This Corner of the World by Fumiyo Kōno
- Released
- 12 November 2016
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $19.5M
- Awards
- 59 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (47) →
Awards & nominations
See all 75 →59 wins from 75 nominations across 49 ceremonies
| 13th Japan Expo Awards 2018 | Daruma for Best Anime Film/OVA | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| 13th Japan Expo Awards 2018 | Golden Daruma for Anime (Grand Prize) | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| 17th Meknes International Animated Film Festival 2018 | Grand Prize for Feature Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| 17th Tokyo Anime Award (TAAF2018) 2018 | Animation of the Year - Grand Prize in Film Category | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| 21st Japan Media Arts Festival 2018 | Grand Prize in Animation Category | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| 2nd Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2018 | Best Film | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
| 3rd Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards 2018 | Best Foreign Language Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| 3rd Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards 2018 | Best Animated Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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21st Japan Internet Movie Awards
6 nominations, 6 won
| Best Actress | Non | Winner |
| Best Animation | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Best Attached | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Best Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Winner |
| Best Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Best Impact | Sunao Katabuchi, Non | Winner |
90th Kinema Junpo Best 10 Award
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Japanese Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Best Japanese Film Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Winner |
| Best Japanese Film Director by Reader's Choice | Sunao Katabuchi | Winner |
| Best Japanese Film by Reader's Choice | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
71st Mainichi Film Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best Music | Kotringo | Winner |
| Excellent Film (2nd Best Film) | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Ōfuji Noburō Award | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Best Actress | Non | Nominee |
| Best Animation Film | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
| Best Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Nominee |
| Best Film | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
40th Japan Academy Prize
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Animation of the Year | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Excellent Animation of the Year | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Kotringo | Winner |
Best 10 Cinemas in Sapporo 2016
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Animated Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Best Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Winner |
| Special Award | Non | Winner |
11th Seiyu Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Megumi Han | Winner |
| Special Award | Non | Winner |
13th Japan Expo Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Daruma for Best Anime Film/OVA | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Golden Daruma for Anime (Grand Prize) | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
38th Yokohama Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Special Jury Prize | Non | Winner |
3rd Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
National Liaison Committee of Movie Appreciation Awards 2016
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Non | Winner |
| Best Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Winner |
26th Tokyo Sports Film Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
| Best Actress | Non | Nominee |
59th Blue Ribbon Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Winner |
| Best Film | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
14th Navarra Anime Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
15th Anilogue International Animation Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Jury Special Mention for Feature Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
16th Sense of Gender Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Award of "Beyond Time" | In This Corner of the World (Manga & Film) | Winner |
17th Meknes International Animated Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prize for Feature Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
17th Tokyo Anime Award (TAAF2018)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Animation of the Year - Grand Prize in Film Category | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
19th Bucheon International Animation Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prize for Feature Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
21st Japan Media Arts Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prize in Animation Category | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
21st S&P Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Spiritually Literate Animated Films | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
22nd AMD Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellent Contents | Taro Maki | Winner |
23rd Miyazaki Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animation | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
24th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Mention for Feature Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
25th KINEKO International Children's Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prize in Japanese Film Category | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
31st Takasaki Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Horizont Award | Sunao Katabuchi, Non | Winner |
34th Encouragement of Reconstruction of Japanese Cinema Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Japanese Film Peace Award | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
36th Fujimoto Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Prize | Masao Maruyama, Taro Maki | Winner |
3rd Hiroshima International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hiroshima Peace Film Award | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
41st Annecy International Animated Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Jury Award for Feature Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
41st SIGNIS JAPAN Movie Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
59th Culture of Child Welfare Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film/Media category | Production committee of In This Corner of the World | Winner |
65th Kikuchi Kan Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Team of In This Corner of the World | Winner |
67th Art Encouragement Prize by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film category | Sunao Katabuchi | Winner |
6th Toronto Japanese Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Jury Prize for Best Film | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
ASIAGRAPH 2017
1 nomination, 1 won
| Tsumugi Award (Creativity Award) | Sunao Katabuchi, Taro Maki | Winner |
Commendation by the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs
1 nomination, 1 won
| International Art Category | Sunao Katabuchi | Winner |
Osaka Cinema Festival 2017
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Music | Kotringo | Winner |
Selection of movies by MEXT
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Selection | In This Corner of the World | Winner |
The Japan Society for Animation Studies Award 2017
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Award | Sunao Katabuchi | Winner |
eAT 2017 in KANAZAWA
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prize | Sunao Katabuchi | Winner |
41st Hochi Film Award
2 nominations
| Best Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Nominee |
| Best Picture | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
19th Future Film Festival
1 nomination
| Platinum Grand Prize | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
21st Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
23rd Los Angeles Film Festival
1 nomination
| World Fiction Award | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
27th Animafest Zagreb
1 nomination
| Best Feature Film | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
2nd Crunchyroll Anime Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
45th Annie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature - Independent | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
66th Melbourne International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Audience Award for Feature Film | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |
71st Edinburgh International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Best International Feature Film | In This Corner of the World | Nominee |