Japan Synopsis
ジョバンニの島
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast… and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Giovanni's Island. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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★ 7.3 · Japan
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★ 8.2 · Japan
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★ 7.8 · Japan
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★ 7.5 · Japan
2 sharedJujutsu Kaisen 0
★ 8.2 · Japan
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★ 8.3 · Japan
Other Titles From Warner Bros. Japan
Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Giovanni's Island itself).
The 2013–2015 Japan Window
Giovanni's Island holds position #150 of 546 Japan films in the 2013–2015 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Giovanni's Island premiered alongside 186 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.
The 2921st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
91 audience reviews — more than 75% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (75th percentile) outruns trending popularity (52th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Giovanni's Island, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- disaster · 23
- dancing · 13
- language barrier · 10
- post war · 6
- anime · 711
- friendship · 134
- island · 41
- tragedy · 33
- loss of loved one · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,212 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (74th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #941 of 2,532 (top 37%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Russian, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Japan, Japan Association of Music Enterprises (JAME), Production I.G |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | February 22, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3178174 |
| Official Site | wwws.warnerbros.co.jp |