The Caged Flower
2013 1h 34m movie Film Japan

The Caged Flower

花鳥籠

“Online Chat”

Synopsis

花鳥籠

“Online Chat”

Yoriko Jun turned Miyuki Fukashi’s sensual novel with the same name into a movie. An ordinary office lady and a boy meet on the Internet, they get into a master-slave relationship and are drowned in a world of pleasure.

Drama + History in Japan

82 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Caged Flower itself).

The 2012–2014 Japan Window

In the crowded 2012-2014 Japan release window, The Caged Flower sits at #467 of 530. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Solitary Gourmet
    #1

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012
  2. Attack on Titan
    #2

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013
  3. High School D×D
    #3

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  4. Haikyu!!
    #4

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  5. Your Lie in April
    #5

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  6. Kamisama Kiss
    #6

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  7. Golden Time
    #7

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  8. Magi
    #8

    Magi

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Caged Flower premiered alongside 177 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 177 other Japan films in 2013.

The 2874th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

38
Reviews
58th
Review-volume percentile
0th
Popularity percentile

38 audience reviews — more than 58% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (58th percentile) outruns trending popularity (0th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on The Caged Flower, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • masturbation · 3
  • female ejaculation (squirt) · 1
  • virtual sex · 1
  • submission · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • incest · 17
  • rape victim · 7

Reception Benchmarks

5.8
TMDB Rating
38
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #4,007 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (12th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.1 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,746 of 1,933 (top 90%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesShimamura Hirofumi
Runtime1h 34m
Release DateNovember 23, 2013
IMDbtt7517706
Official Sitewww.hanatorikago.com

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