A cheerful woman named Suzu lives in a seaside town called Eba[a] near Hiroshima. In 1943, 18-year-old Suzu, marries Shusaku, whom she had met as a child, and joins his family in Kure City,[b] a large naval port city 15 miles away from Hiroshima City, as a navy civilian. As she adjusts to her new life, the threat of the Pacific War begins to encroach on the townspeople.In This Corner of the World 2019 Full Movie
As food shortages become commonplace, the government implements food rationing. Warning and evacuation preparations against United States air raids begin. Suzu, as a housewife in a Tonarigumi,[c] takes turns overseeing food distribution, attends training against air raids, and makes women’s trousers fit for emergency evacuation by cutting traditional clothing, such as kimonos. The family builds the air-raid shelter in the garden.
Suzu and Shusaku’s family house is located on a hillside with a view of the Japanese Naval Fleet in the harbor, including the largest battleships, Yamato and Musashi. Suzu enjoys viewing boats on the sea with her niece, Harumi. One day, the military police accost her and come close to accusing her of espionage. In December 1944, a navy sailor named Tetsu visits Suzu; he was a childhood friend, and has been assigned to the Japanese cruiser Aoba, stationed in Kure. Understanding that it might be Suzu’s last chance to see Tetsu alive, Shusaku leaves them alone to talk. The next spring, Shusaku is drafted by the Navy and quartered with troops in Otake City, 40 miles away.
In 1945, the U.S. begins air raids on the Japanese mainland; in Kure, U.S. naval airplanes heavily attack warships and its naval facilities. In addition to the death of her brother Yōichi, Suzu loses her niece and her right hand when a bomb detonates close to them. As she suffers from depression, Suzu debates returning to the safety of her hometown in Hiroshima City in time for the summer festival; when she is unable to see a doctor, she decides to stay an extra week in Kure. That morning, Suzu notices a bizarre light, quake, and a towering cloud in the direction of Hiroshima City. She then learns that a new, devastating bomb has fallen on Hiroshima City, killing countless citizens. For a while, she is unable to get information about her hometown.