In This Corner of the World debuted in 63 Japanese theaters on November 12.
Film magazine Kinema Jump named In This Corner of the World the best Japanese movie of 2016.
The film also won the Japanese Movie Award of Excellence and the Noburou Oofuji Award at the 71st Annual Mainichi Film Awards.
The film won the Hiroshima Peace Film Award at the Hiroshima International Film Festival in November, and it screened at Annecy in a Work in Progress session in June.