Japan Synopsis
Лунный папа
The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and makes her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Luna Papa. 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 Luna Papa itself).
The 1998–2000 Japan Window
Luna Papa holds position #104 of 187 Japan films in the 1998–2000 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Luna Papa premiered alongside 60 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 60 other Japan films in 1999.
The 1227th 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 audience reviews — more than 51% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (51th percentile) outruns trending popularity (3th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Luna Papa, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- mentally disabled · 4
- pregnant minor · 4
- disabled · 3
- unwillingly pregnant · 2
- pregnancy · 22
- disappearance · 16
- village life · 7
- rape · 64
- village · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,967 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,309 of 1,933 (top 68%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Tajikistan, Austria, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Switzerland, Uzbekistan |
| Original Language | Ru |
| Spoken Languages | Russian, Tajik |
| Production Companies | Les Films de L'Observatoire, NTV-Profit, Prisma Film, VISS, Thomas Koerfer Film |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | September 8, 1999 |
| IMDb | tt0170259 |