Its first run at theaters was cancelled after only three weeks of release, then the director, who has a wife and two children, had been in straitened circumstances for years.
56-year-old Sunako Katabuchi’s previous anime feature film Maimai Shinko to Sen-nen no Mahou/Mai Mai Miracle based on Nobuko Takagi’s autobiography novel was released in Japan in November 2009 and failed at the box office at the time.
At the worst time, he could spend only 100 yen for food for his family members in a day. to six months ago, September 2016, before In This Corner of the World was released.