It's Only Talk
2006 2h 8m movie Film Japan

It's Only Talk

やわらかい生活

“She meets with the men who she can neither be with, nor be apart from.”

Synopsis

やわらかい生活

“She meets with the men who she can neither be with, nor be apart from.”

Based on an award winning novel, It's Only Talk is about the life of Yuko, a 35-year old woman. She is single and unemployed, and suffers from manic depression. The movie begins with Yuko moving to Kamata Town.

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The 2005–2007 Japan Window

It's Only Talk holds position #168 of 364 Japan films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    #5

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    ★ 8.7 · 2005
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    #6

    Naruto Shippūden

    ★ 8.6 · 2007
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    #7

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    ★ 8.6 · 2006
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    #8

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    ★ 8.5 · 2006

The 2000s Japan Landscape

2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including It's Only Talk. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.

The 1832nd 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
Reviews
11th
Review-volume percentile
2nd
Popularity percentile

11 audience reviews — more than 11% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 2th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
11
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,282 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (50th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,012 of 1,933 (top 52%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesEisei Gekijo, Happinet Pictures
Runtime2h 8m
Release DateJune 10, 2006
IMDbtt0461526