Synopsis
劇場版 ペルソナ3 第1章 Spring of Birth
“The End of Everything Begins…”
In the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the people who were around him turn into coffins. Makoto learns that this period of time hidden between the minute of midnight is called the Dark Hour, a time when monsters called Shadows appear. Suddenly made the leader of his fellow classmates Yukari and Junpei by his upperclassmen Mitsuru and Akihiko, Makoto must learn empathy, his connection to his comrades, and the meaning of death. With the power of his Evoker aimed at his head, Makoto fights against the Shadows threatening to attack his world from the mysterious tower of Tartarus.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedPersona 3 the Movie: #3 Falling Down
★ 7.3 · Japan
3 sharedPersona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream
★ 7.3 · Japan
3 sharedPersona 3 the Movie: #4 Winter of Rebirth
★ 8.0 · Japan
2 sharedResident Evil: Death Island
★ 7.6 · Japan
2 sharedA Silent Voice: The Movie
★ 8.4 · Japan
2 sharedResident Evil: Vendetta
★ 6.9 · Japan
Other Titles From Anime International Company
Animation + Action in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth itself).
The 2012–2014 Japan Window
Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth holds position #226 of 530 Japan films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth premiered alongside 177 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 177 other Japan films in 2013.
The 2874th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
45 audience reviews — more than 62% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 59th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- persona · 5
- supernatural power · 11
- anime · 711
- based on video game · 90
- high school · 88
- death · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,967 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (57th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,386 of 2,532 (top 55%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Anime International Company |
| Runtime | 1h 32m |
| Release Date | November 23, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt3198652 |
| Official Site | www.p3m.jp |



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