Good Men, Good Women
1995 1h 48m movie Film Japan

Good Men, Good Women

好男好女

“She has the role of another lifetime.”

Synopsis

好男好女

“She has the role of another lifetime.”

An actress preparing to play in a historical epic is terrorized by someone faxing her pages from her stolen diary; has colorful flashbacks of her affair with a now-deceased man; and imagines black-and-white film-within-a-film scenes of the movie she is about to appear in.

The 1994–1996 Japan Window

143 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Good Men, Good Women sits at position #62.

  1. Romeo and the Black Brothers
    #1

    Romeo and the Black Brothers

    ★ 8.9 · 1995

  2. Furuhata Ninzaburo
    #2

    Furuhata Ninzaburo

    ★ 8.8 · 1994

  3. Neon Genesis Evangelion
    #3

    Neon Genesis Evangelion

    ★ 8.6 · 1995

  4. Long Vacation
    #4

    Long Vacation

    ★ 8.6 · 1996

  5. Rurouni Kenshin
    #5

    Rurouni Kenshin

    ★ 8.5 · 1996

  6. Magic Knight Rayearth
    #6

    Magic Knight Rayearth

    ★ 8.5 · 1994

  7. Hell Teacher Nube
    #7

    Hell Teacher Nube

    ★ 8.4 · 1996

  8. Martian Successor Nadesico
    #8

    Martian Successor Nadesico

    ★ 8.4 · 1996

The 1990s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Good Men, Good Women premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.1
TMDB Rating
16
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,039 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Romance productions specifically: #160 of 406 (top 39%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
All Production Countries Japan, Taiwan
Original Language Chinese
Spoken Languages Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese
Production Companies Team Okuyama, 3-H Films, Shochiku
Runtime 1h 48m
Release Date May 13, 1995
IMDb tt0113256

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