Japan Synopsis
隣人13号
“What if your personality began to crumble… who would you become?”
Juzo Murasaki is a young man traumatized by his experience of bullying at school. He returns to his hometown and takes a job on a building site with his old nemesis Toru Akai. But Juzo's trauma has created a monster; he harbors a second personality, Neighbor No. 13, a vicious, brutal and disfigured character intent on exacting a painful revenge on his bully.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Neighbour No. 13. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Amuse Soft Entertainment
Horror + Thriller in Japan
90 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Neighbour No. 13 itself).
The 2004–2006 Japan Window
In the crowded 2004-2006 Japan release window, Neighbour No. 13 sits at #314 of 347. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Neighbour No. 13 premiered alongside 116 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 116 other Japan films in 2005.
The 1678th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
24 audience reviews — more than 42% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 25th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Neighbour No. 13, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- vindictive · 1
- kanagawa · 1
- bullying · 27
- psychological thriller · 21
- japan · 454
- japan · 454
- based on manga · 297
- revenge · 210
- tokyo · 78
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,288 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (6th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #284 of 391 (top 73%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Amuse Soft Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 55m |
| Release Date | April 2, 2005 |
| IMDb | tt0443205 |