Berlin Drifters
2017 2h 3m movie Film Japan

Berlin Drifters

伯林漂流

Synopsis

伯林漂流

Kôichi is a Japanese man living alone in Berlin. He has no job and hardly any friends. One night Kôichi meets Ryota at a bar which is also a sex club. Ryota came to Berlin to visit a German guy whom he had "met" on a dating app. His high hopes for romance (and marriage?) were quickly crushed since the German was only interested in sex, not even letting Ryota stay for the night. That is why Ryota ended up spending the night in the dark room of the sex club. Kôichi for some reason lets Ryota stay at his apartment. They have sex. Ryota goes out almost everyday to get laid by various local men and comes home to Kôichi's. Increasingly caught up with a strange feeling that is akin to but not quite frustration or curiosity (needless to say, it is not even close to love), Kôichi gradually gives himself up to sex with Ryota.

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Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Berlin Drifters. 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 Berlin Drifters premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.0
TMDB Rating
14
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,860 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (16th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.9 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,695 of 1,933 (top 88%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
All Production Countries Germany, Japan
Original Language Japanese
Spoken Languages English, German, Japanese
Production Companies Habakari Cinema, Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion
Runtime 2h 3m
Release Date September 10, 2017
IMDb tt7392070

Themes & Motifs

  • lgbt
  • sex club
  • gay erotica
  • gay theme
  • boys' love (bl)

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