Japan Synopsis
“Once you enter Silent Hill, there is no turning back.”
Rose, a desperate mother takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins a desperate search to get her back. She descends into the center of the twisted reality of a town's terrible secret. Pursued by grotesquely deformed creatures and townspeople stuck in permanent purgatory, Rose begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
364 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Silent Hill sits at position #235.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Silent Hill. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · Japan
3 sharedKite
★ 6.6 · Japan
3 sharedPeppermint
★ 6.7 · China
3 sharedMade in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
★ 7.9 · Japan
3 sharedOxen Split Torturing
★ 5.7 · Japan
3 sharedUrotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
★ 6.0 · Japan
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The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Silent Hill premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 5m runtime, production spent $400K per minute on screen and earned $805K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,062 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #107 of 391 (top 27%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Canada, France, Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | TriStar Pictures, Silent Hill DCP Inc., Davis Films, Konami, Focus Features |
| Runtime | 2h 5m |
| Release Date | April 21, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0384537 |
| Official Site | www.sonypictures.com |