The best Nozomu Sasaki’s history movies
We present our ranking of the best Nozomu Sasaki’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Nozomu Sasaki.
In This Corner of the World
7.8/10
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal
8.6/10
Nineteenth century Japan: a land torn by rebellion and civil warfare; small bands of soldiers roam the land, seeking to overthrow the tyrannical Tokugawa Shogunate. Enter the young orphan Kenshin, trained as a fighter by the master swordsman Hiko. Kenshin's desire for peace is at odds with his brutal life, and the tension seems unreconcilable until he meets a mysterious woman named Tomoe. The enigmatic Tomoe's actions may show Kenshin that another life can exist for him, or may instead conceal a destructive secret. Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal Director's Cut follows the progress of the rebellion against the Shogunate and the complex evolution of Kenshin's and Tomoe's involvement, and reveals how Kenshin received the distinctive cross-shaped facial scar that gives the film its name.
1000 Pine Groves
Japanese animated film.
In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World
8.5/10
During World War II, Suzu, an eighteen-year-old girl living in Hiroshima, Japan, gets married through arrangement and moves to Kure city where a Japanese major naval base was established. She manages to keep daily life for her new family despite the war situation is getting worse. One day, she is lost the way to home and happens to meet the same age girl Rin in a red-light district. Suzu and Rin have become friends but Rin has some secrets that Suzu is worried about. And moreover, the war does not allow them as is.
