Japan Synopsis
パコと魔法の絵本
“Great happiness from a little girl.”
There once was a hospital where patients and even doctors & nurses were all weird. Above all, Onuki, a patient who built up his company all by himself from scratch, is a super cranky old man. One day, he meets up a girl called Paco, who cannot retain memory beyond one day due to a car accident. She is reading the same picture book everyday. Onuki starts bonding with Paco after some incident, and begins to doubt his way of living. He starts wanting to do something for Paco with his remaining life, and comes up with a brilliant idea. This pleases Paco, but their fate is?
The 2007–2009 Japan Window
362 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Paco and the Magical Book sits at position #169.
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The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Paco and the Magical Book premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,427 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (47th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #830 of 1,411 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Amuse Soft Entertainment, Cine Bazar, DesperaDo, Gentosha |
| Runtime | 1h 45m |
| Release Date | September 13, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt1056435 |
| Official Site | www.toho.co.jp |