Japan Synopsis
“It Came Up, Up, Up from the Bermuda Depths”
Scientists pursuing the mysteries of the deep are threatened by a beautiful girl who seems to have returned from the dead and by a prehistoric sea creature that dwells in the deadly Bermuda Triangle.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Bermuda Depths. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Tsuburaya Productions
The 1977–1979 Japan Window
In the crowded 1977-1979 Japan release window, The Bermuda Depths sits at #49 of 52. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Bermuda Depths premiered alongside 19 others.
Science Fiction + TV Movie in Japan
5 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and TV Movie genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Bermuda Depths itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Japan films in 1978.
The 487th 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 11th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Bermuda Depths, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- prehistory · 3
- sea monster · 3
- mystical · 2
- bermuda triangle · 1
- sea turtle · 1
- helicopter crash · 1
- turtle · 13
- nightmare · 9
- ghost story · 9
- kaiju · 77
- island · 41
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,454 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (3rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -2.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Science Fiction productions specifically: #533 of 566 (top 94%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Tsuburaya Productions, Rankin/Bass Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 37m |
| Release Date | January 27, 1978 |
| IMDb | tt0077223 |