Day-Dream
1964 1h 32m movie Film Japan

Day-Dream

白日夢

“What some men like to do... to women.”

Synopsis

白日夢

“What some men like to do… to women.”

While under sedation in a dentist's office, a young art student has sex fantasies about naked women, vampires and a beautiful patient he saw in the office.

Drama + Thriller in Japan

142 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Day-Dream itself).

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Day-Dream. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 1963–1965 Japan Window

In the crowded 1963-1965 Japan release window, Day-Dream sits at #54 of 61. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. High and Low
    #1

    High and Low

    ★ 8.3 · 1963
  2. Red Beard
    #2

    Red Beard

    ★ 8.1 · 1965
  3. Onibaba
    #3

    Onibaba

    ★ 7.7 · 1964
  4. Kwaidan
    #4

    Kwaidan

    ★ 7.7 · 1964
  5. A Fugitive from the Past
    #5

    A Fugitive from the Past

    ★ 7.7 · 1965
  6. Sword of the Beast
    #6

    Sword of the Beast

    ★ 7.6 · 1965
  7. Tokyo Olympiad
    #7

    Tokyo Olympiad

    ★ 7.6 · 1965
  8. Three Outlaw Samurai
    #8

    Three Outlaw Samurai

    ★ 7.5 · 1964

The 1960s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Day-Dream premiered alongside 23 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 23 other Japan films in 1964.

The 206th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

11
Reviews
11th
Review-volume percentile
10th
Popularity percentile

11 audience reviews — more than 11% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 10th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

5.7
TMDB Rating
11
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #4,127 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (10th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,791 of 1,933 (top 93%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesNo. 3 Production
Runtime1h 32m
Release DateDecember 4, 1964
IMDbtt0058173