Japan Synopsis
ふがいない僕は空を見た
Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, this boldly erotic yet movingly tender portrait of a group of vulnerable, variously wounded people — a depressed housewife, her high-school-aged lover, and his best friend, who is struggling to provide for himself and his senile grandmother — whose intersecting lives yield both sorrow and a fragile, yet enduring, hope for a brighter future. (TIFF)
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + Romance in Japan
270 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky itself).
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky holds position #216 of 482 Japan films in the 2011–2013 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 Cowards Who Looked to the Sky premiered alongside 164 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.
The 2661st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
13 audience reviews — more than 20% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 34th percentile among Japan films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,055 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #909 of 1,933 (top 47%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Runtime | 2h 22m |
| Release Date | September 9, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2139903 |