Masquerade Night
2021 2h 9m movie Film Japan

Masquerade Night

マスカレード・ナイト

Synopsis

マスカレード・ナイト

An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Detective Kosuke Nitta must go undercover and work again at the Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. There, he meets Naomi Yamagishi, who works as a concierge. Without any information about the criminal, except that the person will be in attendance, Detective Kosuke Nitta works feverishly to find the criminal among the 500 attendees.

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The 2020–2022 Japan Window

In the crowded 2020-2022 Japan release window, Masquerade Night sits at #347 of 452. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

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    #1

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    #2

    Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger

    ★ 8.8 · 2021
  3. Romantic Killer
    #3

    Romantic Killer

    ★ 8.7 · 2022
  4. Police in a Pod
    #4

    Police in a Pod

    ★ 8.7 · 2021
  5. Jujutsu Kaisen
    #5

    Jujutsu Kaisen

    ★ 8.6 · 2020
  6. SPY x FAMILY
    #6

    SPY x FAMILY

    ★ 8.6 · 2022
  7. Chainsaw Man
    #7

    Chainsaw Man

    ★ 8.6 · 2022
  8. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
    #8

    Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

    ★ 8.6 · 2022

The 2020s Japan Landscape

2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 170 titles released, including Masquerade Night. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (539 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 169 other Japan films in 2021.

The 4325th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

11
Reviews
11th
Review-volume percentile
7th
Popularity percentile

11 audience reviews — more than 11% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 7th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
11
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,868 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #225 of 402 (top 56%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesCine Bazar, Fuji Television Network
Runtime2h 9m
Release DateSeptember 17, 2021
IMDbtt13582738