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Sunao Katabuchi

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Sunao Katabuchi is a Japanese anime director who began his career as assistant director to Hayao Miyazaki. He directed the 2016 film "In This Corner of the World," set in wartime Hiroshima, which won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Katabuchi also directed "Mai Mai Miracle" (2009) and worked on the script for "Black Lagoon." His work often focuses on everyday life and history.

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What part of Hiroshima does In This Corner of the World depict?

The film follows Suzu after she moves from Hiroshima City to the nearby naval port of Kure. Its story covers domestic life during World War II and the consequences of the atomic bombing without reducing Suzu's life to a single historical event.

Is In This Corner of the World based on a true story?

Suzu is fictional, and the film adapts Fumiyo Kouno's manga rather than one person's memoir. Director Sunao Katabuchi nevertheless conducted extensive historical research into wartime Kure, food shortages, clothing, weather, and air raids.

What other films did Sunao Katabuchi direct?

Katabuchi also directed Princess Arete and Mai Mai Miracle. Those films share his interest in young protagonists, carefully observed daily life, and the relationship between imagination and historical reality.

What is the extended version of In This Corner of the World?

The expanded cut is titled In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World. Released after the 2016 theatrical version, it restores substantial material involving Suzu, Rin, and life in Kure.