Japan Synopsis
ホーホケキョ となりの山田くん
“The safety of family is the wish of the world.”
The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.
Audience Engagement
447 audience reviews — more than 93% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 85th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with My Neighbors the Yamadas. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Studio Ghibli
Animation + Family in Japan
177 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Family genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding My Neighbors the Yamadas itself).
The 1998–2000 Japan Window
My Neighbors the Yamadas holds position #72 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 My Neighbors the Yamadas premiered alongside 60 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 60 other Japan films in 1999.
The 1216th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on My Neighbors the Yamadas, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- japanese family · 4
- middle class · 3
- haiku · 2
- dysfunctional family · 12
- grandmother · 7
- urban setting · 6
- anime · 711
- based on comic · 58
- surrealism · 34
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,087 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,444 of 2,532 (top 57%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Studio Ghibli, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners |
| Runtime | 1h 44m |
| Release Date | July 17, 1999 |
| IMDb | tt0206013 |