Japan Synopsis
炎上
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Conflagration. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Daiei Film
The 1957–1959 Japan Window
Conflagration holds position #14 of 32 Japan films in the 1957–1959 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1950s Japan Landscape
1958 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 12 titles released, including Conflagration. Bars below show how the 1950s stacked up year by year (76 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 11 other Japan films in 1958.
The 112th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
23 audience reviews — more than 41% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 15th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Conflagration, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- conflagration · 3
- arson · 2
- buddhist temple · 2
- master and student · 2
- stutterer · 1
- monks · 1
- vengeful student · 1
- kyoto · 12
- post war japan · 12
- japan · 454
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,218 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (52nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #979 of 1,933 (top 51%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 39m |
| Release Date | September 22, 1958 |
| IMDb | tt0051584 |