Japan Synopsis
キャプテン翼 世界大決戦!! Jr.ワールドカップ
In the fourth movie, the classical Japan-Europe match becomes intercontinental. This time they arrange a world cup with 4 teams: Japan, USA, "All Europe", and "All South America". In the first match, Japan easily defeats the USA 3:0 and in the second match Europe loses 2:3 against South America. In the final round S.A. shows their "soccer cyborg" Carlos Santana, a more than supreme player who seems to be undefeatable. All their classical tricks like Hyugas "Tiger Shot" or Tsubasas "Top Spin" seem to be totally worthless, but in a hard and spectacular match the Japanese learn more and more to play in unison and finally they get the win.
The 1985–1987 Japan Window
Captain Tsubasa Movie 04: The great world competition The Junior World Cup holds position #20 of 100 Japan films in the 1985–1987 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Captain Tsubasa Movie 04: The great world competition The Junior World Cup premiered alongside 38 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 38 other Japan films in 1986.
The 682nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
52 audience reviews — more than 65% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (65th percentile) outruns trending popularity (37th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,239 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (73rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #960 of 2,532 (top 38%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Italian, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Tsuchida Production, TV Tokyo |
| Runtime | 57m |
| Release Date | July 11, 1986 |
| IMDb | tt7966184 |