A Record of Sweet Murder
2014 1h 26m movie Film Japan

A Record of Sweet Murder

ある優しき殺人者の記録

“Warning: make sure this video is what you want to play.”

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”.

The 2013–2015 Japan Window

546 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. A Record of Sweet Murder sits at position #342.

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    #1

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013

  2. Haikyu!!
    #2

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  3. Your Lie in April
    #3

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  4. Golden Time
    #4

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013

  5. SCHOOL-LIVE!
    #5

    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  6. Castle Town Dandelion
    #6

    Castle Town Dandelion

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  7. SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD
    #7

    SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  8. The Seven Deadly Sins
    #8

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    ★ 8.5 · 2014

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.

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Record of Sweet Murder premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
18
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

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

Themes & Motifs

  • monster
  • mass murder
  • time travel
  • alien
  • found footage
  • confession of crime
  • single take
  • crime serial

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