Japan Synopsis
感染列島
ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza or is it some other variety of virus? As the situation worsens and more cases begin arriving, a medical officer from the World Health Organization named Eiko Kobayashi is dispatched to the area. At the rate the virus is spreading, the entire city’s transportation system and infrastructure would be brought to a halt within 3 months. Within 6 months it could spread to tens of millions of people–reaching a death toll far worse than any war.
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Action + Drama in Japan
444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Pandemic itself).
The 2008–2010 Japan Window
Pandemic holds position #257 of 386 Japan films in the 2008–2010 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Pandemic premiered alongside 123 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other Japan films in 2009.
The 2155th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
12 audience reviews — more than 16% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 36th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Pandemic, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- confusion · 4
- medical · 2
- medical care · 1
- hospital · 23
- virus · 11
- infection · 7
- japan · 454
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,390 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (26th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,314 of 1,714 (top 77%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, TBS, Twins Japan |
| Runtime | 2h 18m |
| Release Date | January 17, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1185654 |
| Official Site | www.kansen-rettou.jp |