Japan Synopsis
護られなかった者たちへ
Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence for another crime, and he surfaces as a suspect but detective Tomashiro can't nail down conclusive proof.
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Thriller + Drama in Japan
142 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding In the Wake itself).
The 2020–2022 Japan Window
In the crowded 2020-2022 Japan release window, In the Wake sits at #377 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 In the Wake. 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 4328th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
11 audience reviews — more than 11% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 4th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on In the Wake, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- tsunami · 5
- revenge killing · 5
- social worker · 2
- tohoku · 1
- welfare worker · 1
- grief · 7
- japan · 454
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,215 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (30th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Thriller productions specifically: #152 of 324 (top 47%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku, Amuse Soft Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 14m |
| Release Date | October 1, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt14423692 |
| Official Site | shochikufilms.com |