Japan Synopsis
すずめの戸締まり
“On the other side of the door, was time in its entirety.”
Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.
Audience Engagement
684 audience reviews — more than 95% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 99th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Suzume. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedThe Legend of Hei
★ 8.4 · China
3 sharedPuella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings
★ 7.5 · Japan
3 sharedPuella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal
★ 7.6 · Japan
3 sharedBuddha 2: The Endless Journey
★ 7.7 · Japan
3 sharedThe Wonderland
★ 6.5 · Japan
3 sharedLooking for Magical Doremi
★ 6.4 · Japan
Other Titles From CoMix Wave Films
Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Suzume itself).
The 2021–2023 Japan Window
Suzume holds position #66 of 389 Japan films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Suzume premiered alongside 131 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 131 other Japan films in 2022.
The 4482nd 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 Suzume, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- supernatural creature · 5
- enviromental · 2
- cliché · 2
- door · 1
- calamity · 1
- teenage girl · 22
- travel · 21
- journey · 20
- natural disaster · 10
- anime · 711
- magic · 84
- female protagonist · 33
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #524 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (89th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #440 of 2,532 (top 17%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | CoMix Wave Films, Story, Lawson Entertainment, East Japan Marketing & Communications, voque ting |
| Runtime | 2h 3m |
| Release Date | November 11, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt16428256 |
| Official Site | www.suzume-movie.com |