Lovely Complex
2006 1h 39m movie Film Japan

Lovely Complex

ラブ★コン

Synopsis

ラブ★コン

Koizumi Risa an unusually tall high school girl, meets the "vertically challenged" young man Otani Atsushi. They find common ground in height anxieties and interests. Risa (Ema Fujisawa), a tall Japanese girl, gets rejected by a boy because she is taller than him. Otani (Teppei Koike), a short Japanese guy, gets rejected by a girl because he is shorter than her. Obviously these two would make the oddest of couples and would never be a good match for each other right? Well love doesn’t always follow such logic as Love Complex shows.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Lovely Complex. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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Comedy + Romance in Japan

120 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Lovely Complex itself).

The 2005–2007 Japan Window

In the crowded 2005-2007 Japan release window, Lovely Complex sits at #302 of 364. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

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    #1

    Avril Lavigne: Bonez Tour 2005 – Live at Budokan

    ★ 9.1 · 2005
  2. Operation Love
    #2

    Operation Love

    ★ 8.8 · 2007
  3. Akihabara@DEEP
    #3

    Akihabara@DEEP

    ★ 8.8 · 2006
  4. Welcome to the N.H.K.
    #4

    Welcome to the N.H.K.

    ★ 8.7 · 2006
  5. Aria
    #5

    Aria

    ★ 8.7 · 2005
  6. Naruto Shippūden
    #6

    Naruto Shippūden

    ★ 8.6 · 2007
  7. Death Note
    #7

    Death Note

    ★ 8.6 · 2006
  8. Planet Earth
    #8

    Planet Earth

    ★ 8.5 · 2006

The 2000s Japan Landscape

2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Lovely Complex. 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 1848th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

31
Reviews
51st
Review-volume percentile
20th
Popularity percentile

31 audience reviews — more than 51% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (51th percentile) outruns trending popularity (20th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Reception Benchmarks

5.9
TMDB Rating
31
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,924 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (14th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #1,249 of 1,411 (top 89%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesShochiku
Runtime1h 39m
Release DateJuly 12, 2006
IMDbtt0810415