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Watch the touch­ing trail­er for In This Cor­ner of the World

17 Mar 2017

Words by Jack Godwin

Circular black and white eye icon with radiating lines.
Circular black and white eye icon with radiating lines.
Sunao Katabuchi’s wartime dra­ma fol­lows a young girl in Hiroshi­ma cir­ca 1945.

Set dur­ing World War Two, Sunao Katabuchi’s his­tor­i­cal dra­ma fol­lows Suzu, an 18-year-old new­ly­wed who finds her­self hav­ing to pro­vide for her fam­i­ly despite the food short­age and US air raids.

The film is based Fumiyo Kōno’s acclaimed man­ga of the same name, in which the sto­ry takes place on the out­skirts of Kure City, Hiroshi­ma in the build-up to the atom­ic bomb­ing of 1945.

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This poignant trail­er is tinged with melan­choly, most­ly pre­sent­ing the beau­ty and sim­plic­i­ty of every­day life in Japan while mak­ing occa­sion­al few ref­er­ences to the bomb shel­ters and evac­u­a­tion that dis­rupt­ed it.

In This Cor­ner of the World is in cin­e­mas on 28 June.

Cartoon illustration of two children sitting in a garden with a traditional Japanese-style house in the background. The image features vibrant colours, lush greenery, and a peaceful, serene atmosphere.
Animated cartoon scene depicting a person in pink clothes walking through a lush, grassy field surrounded by clouds and explosions in the sky.
Two illustrated book covers depicting a smiling Black man wearing a hat and tie, with a city skyline in the background

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