Fireworks

2017 1h 30m movie Film

Fireworks

打ち上げ花火、下から見るか？横から見るか？

“If only I could return to that moment”

Synopsis

打ち上げ花火、下から見るか？横から見るか？

“If only I could return to that moment”

Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.

Audience Engagement

303

Reviews

90th

Review-volume percentile

80th

Popularity percentile

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

Popularity sits at the 80th percentile among Japan films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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

Other Titles From SHAFT

Animation + Drama in Japan

730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Fireworks itself).

The 2016–2018 Japan Window

In the crowded 2016-2018 Japan release window, Fireworks sits at #447 of 602. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Fireworks premiered alongside 193 others.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 193 other Japan films in 2017.

The 3601st 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 Fireworks, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog

fireworks · 5
time warp · 4
lighthouse · 1

Recurring themes · common across catalog

male friendship · 17
mother daughter relationship · 17
summer · 13

Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog

anime · 711
train · 35

Reception Benchmarks

6.5

TMDB Rating

303

Audience Reviews

Well Received

Critical Tier

Ranked #3,075 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,960 of 2,532 (top 77%).

Production Details

Primary Country	Japan
Original Language	Japanese
Production Companies	SHAFT, Aniplex, East Japan Marketing & Communications, Lawson Entertainment, TOHO
Runtime	1h 30m
Release Date	August 18, 2017
IMDb	tt6317962
Official Site	gkidstickets.com

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