Japan Cheburashka is a Japan–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
チェブラーシカ
The film based on the book by Eduard Uspensky "Crocodile Gena and his friends". Crocodile Gena works in a zoo – a crocodile. Every evening he returns home to his lonely apartment. Finally he tired of playing with himself in chess, and Gene decides to make friends. On the ads pasted around the city, responding animals and people. First comes a girl with a homeless puppy Gal, followed by the Cheburashka…
Japan × South Korea Co-Production
Other Japan×South Korea titles
Family + Animation in Japan
177 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Family and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Cheburashka itself).
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
Cheburashka holds position #264 of 400 Japan films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Cheburashka premiered alongside 136 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 20m runtime, production spent $75K per minute on screen and earned $675 per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.
The 2406th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
12 audience reviews — more than 16% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 4th percentile among Japan films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,202 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (30th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Family productions specifically: #179 of 229 (top 78%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, Russia, South Korea |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Cheburashka Movie Partners, Frontier Works, TOHO, Shogakukan, TV Tokyo Broadband Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 20m |
| Release Date | December 18, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1535430 |
| Official Site | www.toho.co.jp |