Japan Synopsis
“The best way to punish a slumlord is to make him a tenant.”
Louie Kritski is a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto apartment that he is threatened with jail time. The judge gives him another option — he must live in his rat-infested hell hole until he brings it up to liveable standards.
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The 1990–1992 Japan Window
In the crowded 1990-1992 Japan release window, The Super sits at #83 of 107. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Super premiered alongside 36 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 24m runtime, production spent $262K per minute on screen and earned $131K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other Japan films in 1991.
The 865th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
96 audience reviews — more than 76% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 63th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Super, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- admiring · 2
- riches · 1
- lighthearted · 1
- adoring · 1
- slum · 8
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,911 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (15th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #1,245 of 1,411 (top 88%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Spanish |
| Production Companies | JVC, Largo Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 24m |
| Release Date | October 4, 1991 |
| IMDb | tt0103007 |