Japan Synopsis
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
Audience Engagement
668 audience reviews — more than 95% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (95th percentile) outruns trending popularity (54th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Somewhere. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From American Zoetrope
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
In the crowded 2009-2011 Japan release window, Somewhere sits at #309 of 400. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Somewhere premiered alongside 136 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 38m runtime, production spent $82K per minute on screen and earned $151K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.
The 2370th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Somewhere, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- estranged father · 3
- luxury hotel · 2
- milan · 1
- actor · 1
- father daughter relationship · 29
- california · 20
- loneliness · 17
- los angeles · 9
- woman director · 246
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,684 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (20th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,618 of 1,933 (top 84%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, Italy, Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | Italian, English |
| Production Companies | American Zoetrope, Focus Features, TFC, Pathé, Medusa Film |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | September 3, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1421051 |
| Official Site | www.scsomewhere.com |