Japan Synopsis
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A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Sweet Home. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Itami Productions
The 1988–1990 Japan Window
Sweet Home holds position #55 of 110 Japan films in the 1988–1990 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
1989 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 44 titles released, including Sweet Home. Bars below show how the 1980s stacked up year by year (280 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 43 other Japan films in 1989.
The 762nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
21 audience reviews — more than 38% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 48th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Sweet Home, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- darkness · 4
- documentary filmmaking · 2
- old mansion · 1
- haunted house · 17
- painter · 9
- evil spirit · 9
- mansion · 6
- murder · 155
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,602 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (43rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #74 of 391 (top 19%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Itami Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | January 21, 1989 |
| IMDb | tt0141861 |