Japan Synopsis
Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night while looting treasure from Nanban (Southern Barbarians), Goemon finds a mysterious box hidden inside a secret grave. A forgotten relic from the past containing untold powers.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Goemon. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Drama in Japan
444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Goemon itself).
The 2008–2010 Japan Window
Goemon holds position #184 of 386 Japan films in the 2008–2010 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Goemon premiered alongside 123 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 8m runtime, production spent $70K per minute on screen and earned $125K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other Japan films in 2009.
The 2173rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
107 audience reviews — more than 77% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (77th percentile) outruns trending popularity (53th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Goemon, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- hero · 25
- katana · 20
- samurai · 128
- sword · 36
- ninja · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,511 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,003 of 1,714 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Kinoshita Management |
| Runtime | 2h 8m |
| Release Date | March 17, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1054122 |