Japan Synopsis
“In the year 2050, the battle to save the earth will be fought on the sun.”
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence and a Japanese pilot at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else.
The 1989–1991 Japan Window
In the crowded 1989-1991 Japan release window, Solar Crisis sits at #109 of 114. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Solar Crisis premiered alongside 32 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 32 other Japan films in 1990.
The 822nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
25 audience reviews — more than 44% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 43th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Solar Crisis, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- space marine · 3
- sun · 1
- artificial intelligence (a.i.) · 21
- bomb · 15
- astronaut · 8
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,513 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (1st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -2.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Science Fiction productions specifically: #548 of 566 (top 97%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Trimark Pictures, Gakken, NHK Enterprises, Japan America Picture Company |
| Runtime | 1h 52m |
| Release Date | July 14, 1990 |
| IMDb | tt0100649 |