Japan Synopsis
骨壺
Eri (Matsubara) is a high school student who is anonymous unlike her friend Mitsuko (Yokoyama) who is the target of amorous advances from their teacher, Ichida (Tsubouchi). Eri comes across a novel way to protect Mitsuko: find a cursed funerary urn that contains ashes reputed to cause death and give said ashes to teacher.
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
482 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Kotsutsubo sits at position #471.
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kotsutsubo premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,461 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (3rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -2.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #339 of 391 (top 87%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Jolly Roger |
| Runtime | 1h 25m |
| Release Date | May 26, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2354141 |
| Official Site | manchikan.com |