Japan Synopsis
サマーフィルムにのって
“Our summer masterpiece.”
Barefoot and her friends decide to make a samurai movie, gather a unique cast and staff for the production, and try to screen it at their school festival.
Other Titles From Phantom Film
Comedy + Drama in Japan
462 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding It's a Summer Film! itself).
The 2020–2022 Japan Window
It's a Summer Film! holds position #225 of 452 Japan films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 170 titles released, including It's a Summer Film!. 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 4314th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
36 audience reviews — more than 56% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (56th percentile) outruns trending popularity (17th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,620 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (65th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #576 of 1,411 (top 41%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Phantom Film, Pipeline |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | August 6, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt14625190 |
| Official Site | phantom-film.com |