Japan Synopsis
CIPHER
Two brothers are in the spotlight: one a movie star making a football movie, the other a musician who occasionally goes to school (to cover for his sibling). What will destiny bring them?
The 1988–1990 Japan Window
110 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Cipher sits at position #103.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Cipher. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
2 sharedIchi the Killer
★ 7.0 · Japan
2 sharedFragtime
★ 5.9 · Japan
2 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum
★ 7.4 · Japan
2 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I – Blue-Eyed Casval
★ 6.5 · Japan
2 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet
★ 7.2 · Japan
2 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III – Dawn of Rebellion
★ 7.5 · Japan
Other Titles From Magic Bus
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Cipher premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,415 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (4th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.8 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,492 of 2,532 (top 98%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Magic Bus, Victor Entertainment |
| Runtime | 41m |
| Release Date | March 3, 1989 |
| IMDb | tt8339440 |