Japan The King of Fighters is a Japan–Taiwan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
“A tournament of legends.”
The King of Fighters movie will introduce a new science fiction spin into the setting established in the games universe by following the surviving members of three legendary fighting clans who are continually whisked away to other dimensions by an evil power. As the fighters enter each new world they battle that universes native defenders, while the force that brought them seeks to find a way to invade and infect our world.
Japan × Taiwan Co-Production
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The King of Fighters. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Micott & Basara K.K.
Action + Thriller in Japan
123 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The King of Fighters itself).
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
In the crowded 2009-2011 Japan release window, The King of Fighters sits at #381 of 400. 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 King of Fighters premiered alongside 136 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 33m runtime, production spent $129K per minute on screen and earned $22K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.
The 2367th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
137 audience reviews — more than 81% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 77th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The King of Fighters, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- snake · 5
- prophecy · 4
- teleportation · 2
- museum · 2
- hologram · 1
- hospital · 23
- escape · 22
- transformation · 16
- undercover · 13
- nurse · 13
- cia · 12
- espionage · 12
- chase · 11
- mind control · 9
- based on video game · 90
- super power · 61
- sword · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,418 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (4th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.9 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,667 of 1,714 (top 97%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Canada, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Micott & Basara K.K., Inferno International, Convergence Entertainment, KOF Film Productions, Scion Films |
| Runtime | 1h 33m |
| Release Date | August 26, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1038685 |