In This Corner of the World Returns to Hiroshima Theaters for Its 10th Anniversary

What was announced

The official account for In This Corner of the World said on July 25 that the film will return to theaters in Hiroshima to mark the tenth anniversary of its release. The screenings will be held at Hatchoza, and the run is scheduled for August 14 through August 20.

Director Sunao Katabuchi is set to appear in person. According to the announcement, he will take the stage after the 4:00 p.m. screening on Tuesday, August 18, for a talk show, followed by a pamphlet signing. The post did not include ticketing details, and no venues outside Hatchoza were named.

A Hiroshima film returning to Hiroshima

The choice of venue gives the anniversary run an obvious resonance. The film follows Suzu, a young woman who leaves her village near Hiroshima in 1943 to marry into a family in Kure, a military harbor town along the same stretch of coast. It stays with her through the daily work of keeping a household running under wartime deprivation, and through the losses and air raids that follow.

That setting has always made the film a local story as much as a national one, so a week of screenings in the region it grew out of reads accordingly. The dates also land in mid August, the stretch of the calendar Japanese audiences most associate with wartime remembrance.

Background

In This Corner of the World opened in Japan on November 12, 2016, which places its tenth anniversary in 2026. It is a period drama, and its subject is less the war itself than the texture of ordinary life underneath it: cooking, sewing, drawing, and improvising through shortages. Suzu's creativity in the face of scarcity is what makes her indispensable at home, and it is what the film keeps returning to.

Anniversary revivals are a familiar way for a title to come back to theaters, and this one is deliberately small in scale. Seven days, one cinema, one director appearance. For viewers near Hiroshima, that is still an uncommon chance to see the film projected rather than streamed, with the person who directed it in the room.

What has not been announced

The announcement covers the Hatchoza dates and the August 18 event, and little else. There is no word yet on whether the tenth anniversary will bring further screenings elsewhere in Japan, additional guests, or any giveaway or merchandise tied to the run. Anything beyond that single week in Hiroshima remains unannounced.