Japan Synopsis
“Save your family or save humanity. Make the choice.”
While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.
Audience Engagement
1,828 audience reviews — more than 98% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 97th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Knock at the Cabin. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Thriller + Mystery in Japan
71 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Knock at the Cabin itself).
The 2022–2024 Japan Window
In the crowded 2022-2024 Japan release window, Knock at the Cabin sits at #193 of 219. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Knock at the Cabin premiered alongside 86 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 40m runtime, production spent $200K per minute on screen and earned $547K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 86 other Japan films in 2023.
The 4520th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Knock at the Cabin, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- faith · 4
- adopted child · 3
- home invasion · 3
- adopted daughter · 1
- same sex relationship · 1
- religious symbolism · 1
- derogatory · 1
- aftercreditsstinger · 24
- apocalypse · 9
- end of the world · 7
- sacrifice · 6
- based on novel or book · 288
- lgbt · 73
- gay theme · 67
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,256 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (29th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Thriller productions specifically: #157 of 324 (top 48%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Blinding Edge Pictures, Universal Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment, Wishmore, dentsu |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | February 1, 2023 |
| IMDb | tt15679400 |
| Official Site | www.knockatthecabin.com |