Japan Synopsis
パルムの樹
A Tree of Palme is an interpretation of the Pinocchio tale. It concerns a small puppet, Palme, who was tasked by his creator to look over his ailing wife, Xian. After her passing, Palme is visited by a mysterious woman who he mistakenly believes to be Xian. Shaken out of his sadness, Palme accepts her request to deliver something special to a far-off place known as Tama. This sets Palme off on a journey to discover his own emotions, and what it truly means to be human.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with A Tree of Palme. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedPrincess Mononoke
★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedTo Me, the One Who Loved You
★ 5.7 · Japan
2 sharedTo Every You I've Loved Before
★ 6.5 · Japan
2 sharedDragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
★ 6.7 · Japan
2 sharedThe Boy and the Heron
★ 8.1 · Japan
Other Titles From GENCO
Animation + Adventure in Japan
1018 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Tree of Palme itself).
The 2001–2003 Japan Window
A Tree of Palme holds position #165 of 247 Japan films in the 2001–2003 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Tree of Palme premiered alongside 81 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 81 other Japan films in 2002.
The 1415th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
12 audience reviews — more than 16% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 18th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Tree of Palme, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- puppet · 5
- sand · 2
- pinocchio · 1
- lie · 6
- anime · 711
- based on novel or book · 288
- fight · 60
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,202 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (30th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,019 of 2,532 (top 80%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | GENCO, Palm Studio |
| Runtime | 2h 16m |
| Release Date | March 16, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0311618 |