Japan Synopsis
HiGH&LOW THE RED RAIN
The Amamiya Brothers, Masaki and Hiroto, keep looking for their older brother Takeru who disappeared one year ago. The three Amamiya brothers lost their parents when they were young. Since then, they relied only on each other. On the anniversary of their parents' death, Masaki and Hiroto expect Takeru to appear. Instead, they meet a person who has a clue on Takeru's whereabouts.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with HiGH&LOW: The Red Rain. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shochiku
Mystery + Drama in Japan
208 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Mystery and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding HiGH&LOW: The Red Rain itself).
The 2015–2017 Japan Window
HiGH&LOW: The Red Rain holds position #394 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including HiGH&LOW: The Red Rain. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.
The 3435th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 6% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 35th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on HiGH&LOW: The Red Rain, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- japanese man · 5
- covered investigation · 1
- protective brothers · 1
- high school student · 18
- murder · 155
- gangster · 85
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,879 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Mystery productions specifically: #280 of 426 (top 66%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | October 8, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5923040 |