Japan Synopsis
This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, classmates, and peers are interviewed not only about his theories but the man himself.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with A Brief History of Time. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TBS
The 1990–1992 Japan Window
A Brief History of Time holds position #24 of 107 Japan films in the 1990–1992 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Brief History of Time premiered alongside 36 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other Japan films in 1991.
The 864th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
107 audience reviews — more than 77% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (77th percentile) outruns trending popularity (51th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Brief History of Time, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- physics · 1
- black hole · 1
- universe · 1
- cosmology · 1
- oxford university · 1
- motor neuron disease · 1
- als · 1
- cambridge university · 1
- time · 8
- based on novel or book · 288
- biography · 75
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,753 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Documentary productions specifically: #20 of 50 (top 40%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | TBS, ITV, NBC |
| Runtime | 1h 20m |
| Release Date | October 1, 1991 |
| IMDb | tt0103882 |