Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village-

2023 1h 55m movie Film

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village-

「鬼滅の刃」上弦集結、そして刀鍛冶の里へ

“Destroyer of demons.”

Synopsis

「鬼滅の刃」上弦集結、そして刀鍛冶の里へ

“Destroyer of demons.”

After his family is viciously murdered, a kind-hearted boy named Tanjiro Kamado resolves to become a Demon Slayer in hopes of turning his younger sister Nezuko back into a human. Together with his comrades, Zenitsu and Inosuke, along with one of the top-ranking members of the Demon Slayer Corps, Tengen Uzui, Tanjiro embarks on a mission within the Entertainment District, where they encounter the formidable, high-ranking demons, Daki and Gyutaro.

Audience Engagement

310

Reviews

90th

Review-volume percentile

97th

Popularity percentile

310 audience reviews — more than 90% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 97th percentile among Japan films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village-. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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Action + Animation in Japan

1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- itself).

The 2022–2024 Japan Window

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- holds position #92 of 219 Japan films in the 2022–2024 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

The 2020s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- premiered alongside 86 others.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 86 other Japan films in 2023.

The 4521st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village-, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Recurring themes · common across catalog

edited from tv series · 20

Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog

anime · 711
based on manga · 297
demon · 45
shounen · 42

Reception Benchmarks

7.4

TMDB Rating

310

Audience Reviews

Highly Rated

Critical Tier

Ranked #1,355 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #586 of 1,714 (top 34%).

Production Details

Primary Country	Japan
Original Language	Japanese
Production Companies	ufotable, Aniplex, TOHO
Runtime	1h 55m
Release Date	February 3, 2023
IMDb	tt26537229
Official Site	demonslayer-anime.com

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