Japan Synopsis
“What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes.”
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.
The 1994–1996 Japan Window
143 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Born to Be Wild sits at position #138.
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The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Born to Be Wild premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,284 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (6th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,852 of 1,933 (top 96%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United States of America, Japan |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, Outlaw Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | March 31, 1995 |
| IMDb | tt0113533 |