In This Corner of the World (2016)
November 12, 2016Release Date
In This Corner of the World (2016)
November 12, 2016Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently In This Corner of the World is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Hoopla, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Shusaku Hojo (voice)
Non
Suzu
Daisuke Ono
Tetsu Mizuhara (voice)
Minori Omi
Keiko Kuromura (voice)
Natsuki Inaba
Harumi Kuromura (voice)
Kenna Pickard
Harumi
Megumi Han
Sumi Urano (voice)
Karen Strassman
Rin
Nanase Iwai
Rin Shiraki (voice)
Shigeru Ushiyama
Entaro Hojo (voice)
Melodee Spevack
Kiseno
Mayumi Shintani
San Hojo (voice)
Tsuyoshi Koyama
Juro Urano (voice)
Michael Sorich
Juro
Masumi Tsuda
Kiseno Urano (voice)
Kanata Omori
Yoichi Urano (voice)
Kotone Tachibana
Kariya (voice)
Hiromi Seta
Chita (voice)
Anne Yatco
Additional Voices
Kikuyo Semi
Domoto (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki
Uncle Kobayashi (voice)
Tomoko Shiota
Aunt Kobayashi (voice)
Hisako Kyoda
Ito Morita (voice)
Mina Meguro
Marina (voice)
Bryce Papenbrook
Additional Voices
Yuine Ikeda
Chizuko (voice)
Kenta Miyake
Monster (voice)
Sunao Katabuchi
Director
Yukitomo Tochino
Military Policeman (voice) / Dialect Coach
Takumi Lavernhe
(voice)
Fumiyo Kouno
Writer
Chie Uratani
Writer
Hinako Kogure
(voice)
Tomoki Lavernhe
(voice)
Taro Maki
Producer
Masao Maruyama
Producer
Kohei Kiyasu
(voice)
Masaaki Sekine
(voice)
Kotringo
Composer
Yuya Kumazawa
Cinematographer
Asuka Ohgame
(voice)
Manami Tanaka
(voice)
Kashiko Kimura
Editor
Manami Sugihira
(voice)
Tsubasa Miyoshi
(voice)
Yuki Yoshida
(voice)
Kazuko Mine
(voice)
Shota Tateishi
(voice)
Kosuke Sakaki
(voice)
Daishi Kajita
(voice)
Miki Hase
(voice)
Rio Kawakami
(voice)
Kouki Saho
(voice)
Kaya Kimura
(voice)
Saori Ogino
(voice)
Risa Sakurana
(voice)
Kei Tomoe
(voice)
Yuuki Hirose
(voice)
Aoi Mizuki
(voice)
Nao Yagi
(voice)
Tengai Shibuya III
(voice)
Natsumi Niima
Background Designer
Yohei Takamatsu
Background Designer
Maho Takagi
Key Animation
Natsuko Shimizu
Animation Director
Masami Ozeki
Background Designer
Yuka Nitta
Background Designer
Yuki Kasahara
Background Designer
Moe Usami
Animation Director
Katsushi Aoki
Background Designer
Ryoko Ina
Background Designer
Kazutaka Ozaki
Animation Director
Kazuo Oga
Background Designer
Sawako Takagi
Background Designer
Tatsuya Kushida
Background Designer
Mayumi Niiya
Recording Supervision
Taiki Imamura
Animation Director
Akane Iwakuma
Background Designer
Kurumi Katayama
Background Designer
Tomotaka Kubo
Background Designer
Yuko Kobayashi
Background Designer
Sakiko Soga
Painter
Yoji Shimizu
Recording Supervision
Hiroko Kazui
Key Animation
Kenji Hachizaki
Key Animation
Akiko Yamaguchi
Animation Director
Yasuyuki Kitazawa
Animation Director
Hideyuki Ueno
Background Designer
Kazuko Shibata
Key Animation
Hitoshi Nagasaki
Background Designer
Kikuyo Yano
Background Designer
Izumi Sakamoto
Color Designer
Asami Shimizu
Key Animation
Kahoru Hirata
Key Animation
Shigeru Kimishima
Animation Director
Junichi Taniguchi
Background Designer
Michiko Taniguchi
Background Designer
Naomi Kasugai
Background Designer
Yoji Nakaza
Background Designer
Kosuke Hayashi
Art Direction
Tetsuro Kaku
Animation Director
Rieko Ohiwa
Background Designer
Tsuyoshi Nakatani
Background Designer
Yoji Takeshige
Background Designer
Hiroyuki Terao
Key Animation
Shinya Segawa
Key Animation
Hidenori Matsubara
Character Designer / Animation Supervisor
Ayae Kanbe
Background Designer
Harumi Yanoki
Background Designer
Kazuyuki Hashimoto
Background Designer
Tsuneo Ozeki
Background Designer
Nobuko Sugino
Key Animation
Kumiko Kawana
Animation Director
Atsushi Yokoyama
Background Designer
Mio Isshiki
Background Designer
Akiko Asaki
Animation Director
Risa Iwatsuki
Background Designer
Fumie Muroi
Key Animation
Hirofumi Masuda
Key Animation
Naoko Masui
Key Animation
Noriko Ito
Animation Director
Satoko Nakamura
Background Designer
Tomomi Tsuruko
Background Designer
Yuri Sanami
Background Designer
Aoi Uekura
Key Animation
Riwako Matsui
Animation Director
Takafumi Nishima
Background Designer
Atsuko Fukushima
Key Animation
Katsuya Yamada
Key Animation
Shuhei Arita
Key Animation
Takashi Omori
Background Designer
Yuichi Suehiro
Background Designer
Kaori Hino
Background Designer
Yuji Ikeda
Background Designer
Ikuno Yagi
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Sato
Key Animation
Mizue Kadoshita
Painter
Emiko Kato
Painter
Kim Yeo-jin
Painter
Izumi Inoue
Painter
Riku Ishikura
Painter
Satsuki Kamoi
Painter
Park Se-na
Painter
Su Yeong-jeong
Painter
Shunta Tanaka
Key Animation
Takayo Nishimura
Key Animation
Ayumi Nakahara
Painter
Cho Yu-jin
Painter
Yoshiharu Shimizu
Key Animation
Atsuko Ito
Painter
Chiaki Numata
Painter
Yosuke Takada
Key Animation
Ayaka Nasu
Painter
Minori Nishita
Painter
Tomomi Kato
Painter
Fuko Noda
Production Manager
Chiharu Hashimoto
Painter
Cho Ki-jung
Painter
Michiko Kado
Painter
Mayumi Oikawa
Painter
Rie Kitazawa
Painter
Sung Kyung-hwang
Painter
Kim Soo-hun
Painter
Yukari Hashimoto
Painter
Yumi Chiba
Key Animation
Akane Yamazaki
Painter
Hajime Sato
Painter
Yuki Tozawa
Painter
Yuri Kayano
Painter
Emiko Okui
Painter
Hiroshi Moriwaki
Painter
Naoto Kondo
Painter
Yasuhisa Kato
Key Animation
Daiki Ura
Painter
Ryōko Fujisawa
Painter
Yoshito Ashino
Production Coordinator
Lim Jung-ah
Painter
Miwa Enji
Painter
Yoko Tomaru
Painter
Daisuke Okeda
Legal Services
Jung Su-hyun
Painter
Kenji Shibasaki
Sound Effects
Chieko Tokuda
Painter
Kim Ok-hee
Painter
Masato Matsunaga
Production Manager
Chie Sugimiya
Painter
Kaori Maruyama
Painter
Mika Kinoshita
Painter
Kim Soo-jeong
Painter
Lee Bo-ram
Painter
Kiyomi Takahashi
Painter
Yuki Matsuda
Painter
Kuroburue
Special Effects
Mana Kurimoto
Painter
Kim Min-jung
Painter
Taisuke Utsumi
Painter
Yoo Young-hye
Painter
Tomoyuki Shimizu
Background Designer
Yukie Abe
Associate Producer
Hiroto Yonemori
Associate Producer
Yoshio Nakamura
Foley Artist
Natsuko Inoue
Foley Artist
Shiro Sasaki
Music Producer
Yukiko Iida
Music Producer
Toshiharu Murata
Key Animation
Hiroshi Shimizu
Key Animation
Yusuke Tannawa
Compositing Supervisor
Yoshio Obara
Sound Mixer
Kanji Miyake
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Takeru Sato
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Kenta Nomura
Second Unit First Assistant Director / Animation
Otohiko Fujita
Musician
Ryotaro Nakano
Compositing Artist
Shinji Tonsho
Compositing Artist
Kasumi Togo
Compositing Artist
Takashi Onzo
Compositing Artist
Mayuko Koike
Compositing Artist
Hijiri Yamamoto
Compositing Artist
Tomoya Kanehara
Compositing Artist
Sae Tamura
Compositing Artist
Sota Mikami
Compositing Artist
Yuki Kawashita
Compositing Artist
Miki Nunoyama
Compositing Artist
Yoshio Watanabe
Compositing Artist
Kimihiro Terao
Compositing Artist
Atsuro Saito
Compositing Artist
Tetsuya Kasajima
Compositing Artist
Takuya Ogata
Compositing Artist
Hikari Kaga
Compositing Artist
Takuo Shibahara
Compositing Artist
Riku Shikata
Compositing Artist
Shiro Kanemori
Compositing Artist
Yukie Nakajima
Compositing Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 12, 2016
Original Nameこの世界の片隅に
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 10m
Box Office$19,496,308
Genres
Wiki.
In This Corner of the World (この世界の片隅に, Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni) is a 2016 Japanese animated wartime drama film produced by MAPPA, co-written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi, featuring character designs by Hidenori Matsubara and music by Kotringo. The film is based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno. It premiered in Japan on November 12, 2016. Animatsu Entertainment licensed the global distribution rights of the film in June 2016. Shout! Factory acquired the distribution rights for North America, with a U.S. theatrical release on August 11, 2017, co-released by Funimation Films. An extended version of the film, titled In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (この世界の(さらにいくつもの)片隅に, Kono Sekai no (Sara ni Ikutsumono) Katasumi ni), premiered on December 20, 2019 and surpassed the extended 70mm cut of Final Yamato by five minutes to become the longest theatrical animated film to date.
The film is set in the 1930s–1940s in Hiroshima and Kure in Japan, roughly 10 years before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, but mainly in 1944–45. In the film, nature and traditional culture in Japan are clearly described and contrasted with the cruel and irredeemable scenes brought by the war. Though it is a fictional account, the official guidebook of the film claims that the episodes and background of the story are based on facts and real incidents of the lost townscape of pre-war Hiroshima damaged by the bombing, as researched by the production staff.