Dear Evan Hansen
2021 2h 17m movie Film Japan

Dear Evan Hansen

“An honest and original story for the outsider in all of us.”

Synopsis

“An honest and original story for the outsider in all of us.”

Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Dear Evan Hansen. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 2020–2022 Japan Window

In the crowded 2020-2022 Japan release window, Dear Evan Hansen sits at #393 of 452. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Revue Starlight: The Movie
    #1

    Revue Starlight: The Movie

    ★ 8.8 · 2021
  2. Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger
    #2

    Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger

    ★ 8.8 · 2021
  3. Romantic Killer
    #3

    Romantic Killer

    ★ 8.7 · 2022
  4. Police in a Pod
    #4

    Police in a Pod

    ★ 8.7 · 2021
  5. Jujutsu Kaisen
    #5

    Jujutsu Kaisen

    ★ 8.6 · 2020
  6. SPY x FAMILY
    #6

    SPY x FAMILY

    ★ 8.6 · 2022
  7. Chainsaw Man
    #7

    Chainsaw Man

    ★ 8.6 · 2022
  8. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
    #8

    Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

    ★ 8.6 · 2022

The 2020s Japan Landscape

2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 170 titles released, including Dear Evan Hansen. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (539 total).

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$27.5M
Budget
$19.2M
Revenue
Net Profit
0.7×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 17m runtime, production spent $201K per minute on screen and earned $140K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 169 other Japan films in 2021.

The 4327th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

270
Reviews
89th
Review-volume percentile
74th
Popularity percentile

270 audience reviews — more than 89% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (89th percentile) outruns trending popularity (74th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Dear Evan Hansen, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • letter · 5
  • social anxiety · 3
  • mental health · 1
  • emotional vulnerability · 1
  • gaslighting · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • mother son relationship · 21
  • based on play or musical · 16
  • mental illness · 13
  • guilt · 11
  • teenage boy · 8
  • grief · 7
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • high school · 88
  • musical · 71
  • suicide · 51

Reception Benchmarks

6.3
TMDB Rating
270
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,419 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 Drama productions specifically: #1,512 of 1,933 (top 78%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
All Production CountriesJapan, United States of America
Original LanguageEn
Production CompaniesUniversal Pictures, Marc Platt Productions, Perfect World Pictures, dentsu
Runtime2h 17m
Release DateSeptember 24, 2021
IMDbtt9357050
Official Sitewww.dehmovie.com

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