Puzzle
2014 1h 25m movie Film Japan

Puzzle

パズル

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.

The 2013–2015 Japan Window

546 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Puzzle sits at position #293.

  1. Attack on Titan
    #1

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013

  2. Haikyu!!
    #2

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  3. Your Lie in April
    #3

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  4. Golden Time
    #4

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013

  5. SCHOOL-LIVE!
    #5

    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  6. Castle Town Dandelion
    #6

    Castle Town Dandelion

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  7. SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD
    #7

    SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  8. The Seven Deadly Sins
    #8

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    ★ 8.5 · 2014

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Puzzle premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.9
TMDB Rating
28
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

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

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