Japan Synopsis
屍者の帝国
“The dead will inherit the Earth.”
The story takes place in 19th century Europe, and revolves around John Watson. He is scouted by the government to become a secret agent. However, Watson lives in a world where "Frankensteins"—human corpses that are re-purposed with a false soul in order to use them as laborers—are used to improve industrial development.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Empire of Corpses. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From WIT STUDIO
Animation + Mystery in Japan
219 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Empire of Corpses itself).
The 2014–2016 Japan Window
In the crowded 2014-2016 Japan release window, The Empire of Corpses sits at #495 of 581. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Empire of Corpses premiered alongside 180 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 180 other Japan films in 2015.
The 3216th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
88 audience reviews — more than 74% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 66th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Empire of Corpses, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- gothic · 2
- government agent · 2
- reanimated corpse · 1
- historical · 28
- steampunk · 10
- gunfight · 9
- anime · 711
- based on novel or book · 288
- adult animation · 101
- gore · 51
- 19th century · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,807 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.9 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,261 of 2,532 (top 89%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | WIT STUDIO, Studio Lagurus |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | October 2, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt4235644 |
| Official Site | project-itoh.com |