125 Years Memory
2015 2h 12m movie Film Japan

125 Years Memory

海難1890

“A Story of Friendship and Compassion”

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.

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Films and series that share thematic tags with 125 Years Memory. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when 125 Years Memory premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$15.0M
Budget
$8.6M
Revenue
Net Profit
0.6×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 12m runtime, production spent $114K per minute on screen and earned $65K per minute back.

Reception Benchmarks

7.9
TMDB Rating
26
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

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

Themes & Motifs

  • friendship
  • japan
  • shipwreck
  • world peace
  • based on true story
  • historical
  • compassion
  • historical event
  • wakayama japan
  • 19th century
  • turkish
  • kushimoto

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