Japan Synopsis
茶の味
“We were all watching the sunset, at the edge of the universe.”
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Taste of Tea. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From AOI Pro.
Comedy + Drama in Japan
462 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Taste of Tea itself).
The 2003–2005 Japan Window
The Taste of Tea holds position #60 of 298 Japan films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Taste of Tea premiered alongside 95 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 95 other Japan films in 2004.
The 1611th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
123 audience reviews — more than 79% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 71th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Taste of Tea, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- magic realism · 5
- family history · 4
- relatives · 1
- rural area · 26
- surreal · 8
- japan · 454
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,198 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (74th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #446 of 1,411 (top 32%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | AOI Pro., Rentrak Japan, THE KLOCKWORX, Grasshoppa! |
| Runtime | 2h 23m |
| Release Date | July 17, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0413893 |