Japan Burning is a Japan–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
버닝
“The truth is all in your head.”
An aspiring writer goes to the airport to pick up a high school friend returning from a trip to Africa but is disheartened to see her with another man.
Audience Engagement
1,407 audience reviews — more than 98% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (98th percentile) outruns trending popularity (76th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Japan × South Korea Co-Production
Other Japan×South Korea titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Burning. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Pinehouse Film
Mystery + Drama in Japan
208 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Mystery and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Burning itself).
The 2017–2019 Japan Window
Burning holds position #213 of 569 Japan films in the 2017–2019 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1The Relative Worlds
★ 9.1 · 2017
#2Sonic Mania Adventures
★ 9.0 · 2018
#3Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D
★ 8.9 · 2019
#4Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
★ 8.7 · 2019
#5DARLING in the FRANXX
★ 8.6 · 2018
#6Dr. STONE
★ 8.6 · 2019
#7The Rising of the Shield Hero
★ 8.6 · 2019
#8Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
★ 8.6 · 2018
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Burning premiered alongside 194 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 28m runtime, production spent $49K per minute on screen and earned $45K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 194 other Japan films in 2018.
The 3754th 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 Burning, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- sadness · 5
- rural setting · 4
- suspicion · 3
- burning · 3
- sex shop · 2
- sunlight · 2
- arson · 2
- metaphor · 2
- dance ritual · 2
- korean countryside · 2
- greenhouse · 1
- sunsets · 1
- return to hometown · 1
- childhood memories · 1
- the great gatsby · 1
- disappearing · 1
- jealousy · 24
- cat · 21
- based on short story · 20
- dream · 18
- fire · 15
- writer · 15
- class differences · 7
- love · 123
- south korea · 97
- love triangle · 55
- seoul · 38
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,339 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (71st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Mystery productions specifically: #142 of 426 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, South Korea |
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, Korean |
| Production Companies | Pinehouse Film, NOWFILM, NHK, Finecut, CGV Arthouse |
| Runtime | 2h 28m |
| Release Date | May 17, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt7282468 |
| Official Site | www.burning-movie.com |