Japan Synopsis
情炎
As a young woman, Oriko condemned her widowed mother for openly pursuing relationships with younger men. After her mother passes away, she finds herself in an unhappy, loveless marriage and begins to understand her mother’s actions.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Affair. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Gendai Eigasha
The 1966–1968 Japan Window
The Affair holds position #34 of 70 Japan films in the 1966–1968 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Affair premiered alongside 20 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 20 other Japan films in 1967.
The 265th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
16 audience reviews — more than 28% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 2th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Affair, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- rape attempt · 2
- hit by a car · 1
- extramarital affair · 21
- japanese new wave · 16
- age difference · 8
- based on novel or book · 288
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,016 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (34th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,333 of 1,933 (top 69%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Gendai Eigasha |
| Runtime | 1h 37m |
| Release Date | May 13, 1967 |
| IMDb | tt0202415 |