Japan Synopsis
かもめ食堂
“Have a meal and go on a walk.”
On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Kamome Diner. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + Comedy in Japan
462 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kamome Diner itself).
Other Titles From Gentosha
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
Kamome Diner holds position #132 of 364 Japan films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Kamome Diner. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.
The 1835th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
45 audience reviews — more than 62% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (62th percentile) outruns trending popularity (36th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Kamome Diner, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- restaurant owner · 2
- finland · 2
- entrepreneurship · 1
- entrepreneur · 1
- living abroad · 1
- holiday abroad · 1
- social acceptance · 1
- women entrepreneur · 1
- food · 21
- restaurant · 17
- japanese cuisine · 12
- japan · 454
- based on novel or book · 288
- woman director · 246
- slice of life · 58
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,785 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #777 of 1,933 (top 40%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Finland, Japan |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Finnish, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Gentosha, Paradise Cafe, Media Suits, VAP, Nippon Television Network Corporation |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | June 11, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0483022 |