Japan Synopsis
マンデイ
A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Monday. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Comedy + Crime in Japan
92 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Monday itself).
Other Titles From Cinequanon
The 1999–2001 Japan Window
Monday holds position #83 of 205 Japan films in the 1999–2001 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Monday premiered in 2000 — a quieter year for Japan cinema with only 64 titles in our catalog. The 2000s overall landed 1020 films and series across 10 years of activity.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 63 other Japan films in 2000.
The 1272nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
52 audience reviews — more than 65% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (65th percentile) outruns trending popularity (30th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Monday, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- absurdist · 1
- black comedy · 1
- satire · 9
- yakuza · 93
- gangster · 85
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,158 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #748 of 1,411 (top 53%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Cinequanon |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | April 29, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0239655 |