Anime movie “In a corner of the world” to be screened for over 1000 days | NHK News

Anime movie “In a corner of this world” Continuous screening over 1000 days August 15th 18:25

Over 1000 days since the opening of the animated movie “In the Corner of This World” set in Hiroshima and Kure during the war, after a special screening that matches the day of the end of the war, Director Nao Katsunagi imagined the war Appealed the importance of doing.

The movie “In One Corner of the World” is a story depicting the daily lives of the protagonist woman and family who will not forget the light even in harsh life in Hiroshima and Kure during the war.

Three years ago, it became an exceptional long run that has been screened without interruption since its launch in November 2016, and a special screening was held at the movie theater in Shinjuku, Tokyo on the 15th day of the end of the war, which was 1007.

After the screening, Director Naosuke Katanagi gave a greeting and said, “Imagine the year before the end of the war on August 15, 1954. At that time, B29 flew only a few times in Japan. In the next year, about 2.5 million people will be killed by air raids, "and" There will be a year until the end of the war from today. Imagine. I think I can feel a lot of things. "

The 18-year-old woman who watched the movie said, “I hope this wonderful work will continue all the time. I felt that it would n’t be. ”

“The war continued outside August.”

Director Naoki Katanasu responded to NHK's interview before the greeting of the special screening.

In this, regarding the fact that the continuous screening of the movie has exceeded 1000 days, `` Whether it was screened here and there for a long time and we also greeted the stage, was it really long or short? I felt that I had been traveling for a long time.I thought that it was "doubled up to 1000 days" at the time of 500 days, but I finally arrived, "and based on the fact that there are many repeaters “I think that the thoughts of the fans are blossoming in various places,” he said.

In addition, the long version of “A corner of the world” with a new scene was released in December, and “August is important for the war, but other days continued. I thought that it would be released in the winter, with the thought that the meaning of the scenes that existed so far will change a little because of the addition of new scenes. I was talking.