Japan Old returned 5.0× its production cost, earning $90.1M against a $18.0M budget — one of the highest-return Japan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
“It's only a matter of time.”
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Audience Engagement
3,856 audience reviews — more than 99% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among Japan films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 48m runtime, production spent $167K per minute on screen and earned $835K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Old. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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Thriller + Mystery in Japan
71 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Old itself).
The 2020–2022 Japan Window
In the crowded 2020-2022 Japan release window, Old sits at #380 of 452. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 170 titles released, including Old. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (539 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 169 other Japan films in 2021.
The 4309th 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 Old, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- time warp · 4
- family holiday · 3
- sickness · 2
- human experiment · 2
- secret experiment · 2
- medical experiment · 1
- experimental drug · 1
- beach · 19
- time-manipulation · 13
- time · 8
- based on graphic novel · 7
- murder · 155
- family · 74
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,255 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (29th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Thriller productions specifically: #156 of 324 (top 48%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures, Perfect World Pictures, dentsu |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | July 21, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt10954652 |
| Official Site | www.old.movie |