Japan Synopsis
パズル
High school student Azusa jumps off from the rooftop of a school building, but she survives. One month later, the school is taken over by group of people wearing bizarre masks. A pregnant teacher is imprisoned, while the head director of the school and male students disappear. Azusa then finds pieces of a puzzle in an envelope given to her by classmate Shigeo. The puzzle pieces holds the key to solve the case. Azusa chases after Shigeo and she sees something which is unimaginable.
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90 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Puzzle itself).
The 2013–2015 Japan Window
Puzzle holds position #293 of 546 Japan films in the 2013–2015 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 Puzzle premiered alongside 186 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.
The 2929th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
28 audience reviews — more than 48% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 31th percentile among Japan films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,378 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (48th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #59 of 391 (top 15%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | dentsu, Pony Canyon, KADOKAWA |
| Runtime | 1h 25m |
| Release Date | March 8, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3492330 |