Japan Synopsis
蜘蛛の瞳
Nijima, a white-collar worker, finds the man responsible for his young daughter's murder. He tortures and interrogates the man, who maintains his innocence, before killing and burying him. He returns to his ordinary life feeling listless and hollow, until he encounters a man that introduces himself as an old friend. The man offers Nijima a new job, and subsequently introduces Nijima to his band of hired killers.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Eyes of the Spider. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Daiei Film
Crime + Drama in Japan
203 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Eyes of the Spider itself).
The 1997–1999 Japan Window
Eyes of the Spider holds position #99 of 162 Japan films in the 1997–1999 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
1998 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 62 titles released, including Eyes of the Spider. Bars below show how the 1990s stacked up year by year (447 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 61 other Japan films in 1998.
The 1152nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
14 audience reviews — more than 23% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 8th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Eyes of the Spider, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- foot chase · 5
- child murder · 4
- new job · 2
- killers · 2
- monotonous life · 2
- criminal organization · 1
- office worker · 1
- hitman · 30
- revenge · 210
- murder · 155
- yakuza · 93
- husband wife relationship · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,024 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (34th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #246 of 402 (top 61%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 23m |
| Release Date | April 11, 1998 |
| IMDb | tt0241644 |