Japan Haze is a Japan–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
ヘイズ
“You will experience the palpable feeling of terror and all encompassing sense of claustrophobia as you watch this intense exercise in basic fear and dread…”
A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he's there, or why he's bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally 'zones out' of his surroundings as he tries to edge towards his way to freedom. But the more he explores, the more pain he has to endure, and the more frightening his predicament becomes.
Japan × South Korea Co-Production
Other Japan×South Korea titles
Other Titles From Jeonju International Film Festival
Horror + Mystery in Japan
60 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Haze itself).
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
Haze holds position #242 of 364 Japan films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Haze. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.
The 1799th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
85 audience reviews — more than 74% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (74th percentile) outruns trending popularity (30th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Haze, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- imprisonment · 3
- maze · 2
- labyrinth · 2
- claustrophobia · 1
- survival · 28
- surrealism · 34
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,093 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (32nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #110 of 391 (top 28%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, South Korea |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Jeonju International Film Festival, Kaijyu Theater |
| Runtime | 49m |
| Release Date | March 4, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0491399 |