Japan Synopsis
花とアリス殺人事件
Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa has just moved to a new house with her recently divorced mother and enrolled at a school where a strange rumor lingers among the students about "Judas," who is said to have been murdered over a year before. She is told that if anybody knows his fate it would be Hana Arai, the recluse in the house next door who has been unable to bring herself to attend class since "Judas" disappeared.
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Films and series that share thematic tags with The Case of Hana & Alice. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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★ 8.3 · Japan
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Animation + Comedy in Japan
973 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Case of Hana & Alice itself).
The 2014–2016 Japan Window
The Case of Hana & Alice holds position #222 of 581 Japan films in the 2014–2016 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Case of Hana & Alice premiered alongside 180 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 180 other Japan films in 2015.
The 3098th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
128 audience reviews — more than 80% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (80th percentile) outruns trending popularity (41th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Case of Hana & Alice, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- bullying · 27
- girls love · 24
- first love · 23
- anime · 711
- friendship · 134
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,561 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,151 of 2,532 (top 45%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Steve N'Steven, CoMix Wave Films, Production I.G |
| Runtime | 1h 39m |
| Release Date | February 20, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt4125300 |
| Official Site | www.ntv.co.jp |