Japan Synopsis
人のセックスを笑うな
Mirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art teacher at his university. Yuri isn't your typical college professor, having a quirky sense of humor and unpredictable personality. When Yuri invites Murume to her studio, she playfully seduces the still naive 19 year old student. Things become more complicated when Mirume discovers that Yuri is married to a much older man….
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Sex Is No Laughing Matter. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Tokyo Theatres Company
Comedy + Drama in Japan
462 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Sex Is No Laughing Matter itself).
The 2007–2009 Japan Window
Sex Is No Laughing Matter holds position #243 of 362 Japan films in the 2007–2009 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 Sex Is No Laughing Matter premiered alongside 124 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 124 other Japan films in 2008.
The 2028th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
24 audience reviews — more than 42% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 42th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Sex Is No Laughing Matter, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- college student · 5
- infidelity · 22
- teacher student relationship · 13
- university · 12
- artist · 10
- older woman younger man relationship · 8
- based on novel or book · 288
- woman director · 246
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,335 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (27th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #1,081 of 1,411 (top 77%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Tokyo Theatres Company |
| Runtime | 2h 17m |
| Release Date | January 19, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt0945550 |