Japan Synopsis
百円の恋
Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets middle-aged boxer Kano who trains there in silence…
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with 100 Yen Love. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + Comedy in Japan
462 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding 100 Yen Love itself).
The 2013–2015 Japan Window
100 Yen Love holds position #241 of 546 Japan films in the 2013–2015 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when 100 Yen Love premiered alongside 186 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.
The 3062nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
53 audience reviews — more than 65% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (65th percentile) outruns trending popularity (44th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on 100 Yen Love, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- boxer · 4
- sister sister relationship · 4
- homeless person · 3
- boxing trainer · 2
- date rape · 2
- training-montage · 2
- night shift · 1
- boxing school · 1
- junk food · 1
- burglary · 1
- thirty something · 1
- aunt nephew relationship · 1
- living alone · 1
- kicked out · 1
- graveyard shift · 1
- irresponsible sister · 1
- fired from a job · 1
- self-neglect · 1
- father daughter relationship · 29
- video game · 23
- mother daughter relationship · 17
- co-workers relationship · 9
- boxing · 8
- rape victim · 7
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,956 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (57th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #856 of 1,933 (top 44%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | st'blue, Toei Video Company |
| Runtime | 1h 53m |
| Release Date | November 15, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt4080598 |