Japan Synopsis
CUBE 一度入ったら、最後
“Once you're in, It's over.”
Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze of interlocking cube-shaped rooms containing deadly traps.
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Thriller + Mystery in Japan
71 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Cube itself).
The 2020–2022 Japan Window
In the crowded 2020-2022 Japan release window, Cube sits at #441 of 452. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 170 titles released, including Cube. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (539 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 169 other Japan films in 2021.
The 4347th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
79 audience reviews — more than 72% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 73th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Cube, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- trap · 3
- confinement · 3
- poison gas · 2
- severed arm · 1
- remake · 101
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,279 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (7th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Thriller productions specifically: #282 of 324 (top 87%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | October 22, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt13975458 |
| Official Site | shochikufilms.com |