Japan Synopsis
いばらの王 -King of Thorn-
A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her awakening, more than a bed of roses, is a bed of thorns, and happens in the midst of total chaos where monstrous creatures lie in wait all around.
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
400 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. King of Thorn sits at position #243.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with King of Thorn. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedDragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
★ 6.5 · Japan
3 sharedBungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple
★ 8.3 · Japan
3 sharedRiki-Oh: The Wall of Hell
★ 7.0 · Japan
2 sharedOne Piece Film Red
★ 7.3 · Japan
2 sharedThe Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2
★ 7.3 · Japan
2 sharedJujutsu Kaisen 0
★ 8.2 · Japan
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when King of Thorn premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,922 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #972 of 1,274 (top 76%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | KADOKAWA, Bandai Visual, SUNRISE, Enterbrain, TV Tokyo |
| Runtime | 1h 49m |
| Release Date | May 1, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1690483 |