Japan Synopsis
海難１８９０
“A Story of Friendship and Compassion”
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local villagers are able to rescue 69 Turkish sailors. Although being very poor and having hardly to eat, the villagers share what little they have with strangers from a country 9,000 kilometers away. 95 years later, during the Iran-Iraq War, more than 300 Japanese are stranded in Tehran. In the morning of 19 March 1985 a Turkish Airlines aircraft takes off for Tehran to evacuate the Japanese. But the remaining Turks at Tehran Mehrabad Airport still need to be convinced that they won't be able to board their own country's rescue flight.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with 125 Years Memory. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Company
History + Drama in Japan
82 Japan titles in our catalog blend the History and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding 125 Years Memory itself).
The 2014–2016 Japan Window
125 Years Memory holds position #112 of 581 Japan films in the 2014–2016 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 125 Years Memory premiered alongside 180 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 12m runtime, production spent $114K per minute on screen and earned $65K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 180 other Japan films in 2015.
The 3252nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
26 audience reviews — more than 45% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 20th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on 125 Years Memory, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- historical event · 4
- shipwreck · 2
- compassion · 2
- world peace · 1
- wakayama japan · 1
- turkish · 1
- kushimoto · 1
- historical · 28
- japan · 454
- friendship · 134
- based on true story · 98
- 19th century · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #731 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (84th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan History productions specifically: #12 of 100 (top 12%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, Turkey |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese, Turkish |
| Production Companies | Toei Company, Creators' Union, Böcek Yapım |
| Runtime | 2h 12m |
| Release Date | December 5, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt3512072 |
| Official Site | www.125yearsmemory.com |