If big blockbusters aren’t your bag this summer season, peek at the arthouse listings, there are plenty of great counter-programming options on the way to keep your brain from melting. And one movie that looks like it could be a welcome surprise is “In This Corner Of The World.”
Directed by Sunao Katabuchi, and based on the manga by Fumiyo Kouno, this Japanese animated film has been quietly picking up some steady buzz, recently picking up the Animation of the Year award at this year’s 40th Japan Academy Prize. The drama is set in Hiroshima and Kure, where under the looming shadow of war, a young woman adjusts the changing world her, all while she’s offered a marriage proposal by someone she’s seemingly never met.
Featuring the voices of Non, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba, Minori Omi, and Daisuke Ono, “In This Corner Of The World” opens on August 11th.