Real
2013 2h 7m movie Film Japan

Real

リアル〜完全なる首長竜の日〜

“I will do anything you say. Just open your eyes.”

Synopsis

リアル〜完全なる首長竜の日〜

“I will do anything you say. Just open your eyes.”

Koichi and Atsumi are lovers who have known each other all their lives. A year ago, however, a suicide attempt by Atsumi left her in a coma. Through 'sensing', a type of neurosurgical procedure allowing contact with the intentional aspect of a comatose patient's mind, Koishi tries to find out why Atsumi tried to kill herself, and to bring her back to consciousness. He enters her subconscious, and is told to find a picture of a plesiosaur she drew when she was a child. It turns out that a childhood incident buried in their past will bring their minds together.

The 2012–2014 Japan Window

530 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Real sits at position #429.

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    #1

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012

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    #2

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013

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    #3

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

  4. Haikyu!!
    #4

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  5. Your Lie in April
    #5

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  6. Kamisama Kiss
    #6

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

  7. Golden Time
    #7

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013

  8. Magi
    #8

    Magi

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Real. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

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

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Reception Benchmarks

6.1
TMDB Rating
56
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,703 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (19th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.8 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Science Fiction productions specifically: #394 of 566 (top 70%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies TBS, TOHO, dentsu, Twins Japan, CBC
Runtime 2h 7m
Release Date June 1, 2013
IMDb tt2280964

Themes & Motifs

  • coma
  • virtual reality
  • fog
  • surrealism
  • based on manga
  • pen
  • childhood friends
  • confronting the past
  • mind

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