Japan Synopsis
海よりもまだ深く
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
Audience Engagement
295 audience reviews — more than 90% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (90th percentile) outruns trending popularity (47th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with After the Storm. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Fuji Television Network
The 2015–2017 Japan Window
After the Storm holds position #252 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including After the Storm. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.
The 3344th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on After the Storm, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- storm · 5
- writer · 15
- divorce · 13
- grandmother · 7
- private detective · 6
- japan · 454
- slice of life · 58
- family relationships · 57
- gambling · 31
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,737 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 Drama productions specifically: #751 of 1,933 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Fuji Television Network, Bandai Visual, BUN-BUKU, AOI Pro., GAGA Corporation |
| Runtime | 1h 57m |
| Release Date | May 21, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5294966 |
| Official Site | gaga.ne.jp |