The Japanese Wife Next Door
2004 1h 0m movie Film Japan

The Japanese Wife Next Door

淫乱なる一族 第一章 痴人たちの戯れ

Synopsis

淫乱なる一族 第一章 痴人たちの戯れ

Office worker Takashi shares a drink one night with two women: Ryoko and Sakura. Fate intervenes and he subsequently ends up marrying Sakura. The newlywed couple move into Takashi’s family home (shared with his sister, father and grandfather), but Sakura’s nymphomaniac sex drive soon starts to cause tensions.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Japanese Wife Next Door. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 2003–2005 Japan Window

In the crowded 2003-2005 Japan release window, The Japanese Wife Next Door sits at #288 of 298. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

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    #1

    Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger

    ★ 9.2 · 2003
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    #2

    Avril Lavigne: Bonez Tour 2005 – Live at Budokan

    ★ 9.1 · 2005
  3. Ultraman Nexus
    #3

    Ultraman Nexus

    ★ 9.1 · 2004
  4. The Great White Tower
    #4

    The Great White Tower

    ★ 8.9 · 2003
  5. Aria
    #5

    Aria

    ★ 8.7 · 2005
  6. Ninja Nonsense
    #6

    Ninja Nonsense

    ★ 8.7 · 2004
  7. Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
    #7

    Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

    ★ 8.7 · 2004
  8. Monster
    #8

    Monster

    ★ 8.6 · 2004

The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Japanese Wife Next Door premiered alongside 95 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 95 other Japan films in 2004.

The 1595th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

69
Reviews
70th
Review-volume percentile
17th
Popularity percentile

69 audience reviews — more than 70% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (70th percentile) outruns trending popularity (17th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on The Japanese Wife Next Door, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • newlywed · 3
  • group sex · 1
  • nymphomaniac · 1
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • pink film · 50
  • erotic movie · 46

Reception Benchmarks

4.6
TMDB Rating
69
Audience Reviews
Polarizing
Critical Tier

Ranked #4,503 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (2nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -2.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #1,396 of 1,411 (top 99%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesPink Eiga
Runtime1h 0m
Release DateApril 23, 2004
IMDbtt1439456