Japan Synopsis
ホムンクルス
A homeless man meets a medical school student who pays him to volunteer for a surgical procedure known as trepanation, drilling a hole in his skull, which ends up giving him the ability to communicate with the dark side of people’s subconscious minds.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Homunculus. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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★ 8.2 · Japan
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★ 8.3 · Japan
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★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedChildren of the Sea
★ 7.1 · China
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★ 6.7 · Japan
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★ 6.5 · Japan
Drama + Thriller in Japan
142 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Homunculus itself).
The 2020–2022 Japan Window
In the crowded 2020-2022 Japan release window, Homunculus sits at #419 of 452. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 170 titles released, including Homunculus. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (539 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 169 other Japan films in 2021.
The 4232nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
100 audience reviews — more than 76% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (76th percentile) outruns trending popularity (53th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,803 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.9 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,679 of 1,933 (top 87%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Booster Project |
| Runtime | 1h 59m |
| Release Date | April 2, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt14404280 |