Japan A Record of Sweet Murder is a Japan–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
ある優しき殺人者の記録
“Warning: make sure this video is what you want to play.”
Sang-joon has recently escaped from a mental institution and managed to amass a kill count in the high teens, all while spewing nonsense about “the power of love”.
Japan × South Korea Co-Production
Other Japan×South Korea titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with A Record of Sweet Murder. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
2 sharedDragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
★ 6.8 · Japan
2 sharedYu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time
★ 6.0 · Japan
2 sharedInuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
★ 7.6 · Japan
2 sharedGodzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
★ 7.0 · Japan
2 sharedInvasion of Astro-Monster
★ 6.8 · Japan
2 sharedDestroy All Monsters
★ 6.8 · Japan
Horror + Thriller in Japan
90 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Record of Sweet Murder itself).
The 2013–2015 Japan Window
A Record of Sweet Murder holds position #342 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 A Record of Sweet Murder premiered alongside 186 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.
The 3022nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
18 audience reviews — more than 32% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 8th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Record of Sweet Murder, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- single take · 2
- confession of crime · 1
- crime serial · 1
- found footage · 22
- mass murder · 8
- monster · 91
- time travel · 70
- alien · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,827 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (38th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #85 of 391 (top 22%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, South Korea |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, Korean |
| Production Companies | Zoa Films, Nikkatsu Corporation |
| Runtime | 1h 26m |
| Release Date | September 6, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3689908 |