Japan Synopsis
コンクリート
A high-school girl is kidnapped by gang lords and held captive for several months. Over this time, she repeatedly beaten, raped, and tortured. On the 25th of November 1988, four youths abducted and held Furuta Junko in the house of one of the captors. Subjected to rape, torture, and humiliation, Junko had no hope of escape as the manhunt was stalled by the captors forcing her to tell her parents that she was ok. For 41 harrowing days, Junko had to endure unimaginable suffering at the hands of these four individuals. Finally, after losing in a game of mahjong solitaire, they beat her with an iron dumbbell and set on fire with lighter fluid. She died later that day from shock. In an attempt to hide their crime they buried her in cement and thus the name 'Concrete Encased High School Murder Case' was born as Japan had to confront the horrors of this crime. The perpetrators disposed the drum in a tract of reclaimed land in Koto, Tokyo.
The 2003–2005 Japan Window
298 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Concrete sits at position #243.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Concrete premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,030 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (12th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.1 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #238 of 391 (top 61%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Benten Entertainment Inc. |
| Runtime | 1h 53m |
| Release Date | February 11, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0434131 |