Cross Road
2014 2m movie Film Japan

Cross Road

クロスロード

Synopsis

クロスロード

High school students Miho and Shouta are preparing for college entrance examinations. Miho comes from an island without even one cram school, while Shouta lives in Tokyo and works a part-time job. Both are striving to pass exams so they can enter college. The pair enroll in Z-Kai's correspondence education courses, and their lives cross before they realize it.

The 2013–2015 Japan Window

In the crowded 2013-2015 Japan release window, Cross Road sits at #403 of 546. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Attack on Titan
    #1

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013
  2. Haikyu!!
    #2

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  3. Your Lie in April
    #3

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  4. Golden Time
    #4

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  5. SCHOOL-LIVE!
    #5

    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  6. Castle Town Dandelion
    #6

    Castle Town Dandelion

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  7. SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD
    #7

    SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  8. The Seven Deadly Sins
    #8

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    ★ 8.5 · 2014

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Cross Road premiered alongside 186 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.

The 2923rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

72
Reviews
70th
Review-volume percentile
75th
Popularity percentile

72 audience reviews — more than 70% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 75th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.3
TMDB Rating
72
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,437 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (25th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,115 of 2,532 (top 84%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesOrange Animation Studio
Runtime2m
Release DateFebruary 25, 2014
IMDbtt7386590