The Village
2023 2h 0m movie Film Japan

The Village

ヴィレッジ

“All the glory of a man is nothing but a short dream.”

Synopsis

ヴィレッジ

“All the glory of a man is nothing but a short dream.”

In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.

The 2022–2024 Japan Window

219 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Village sits at position #94.

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The 2020s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Village premiered. 539 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.4
TMDB Rating
32
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,445 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (68th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #630 of 1,933 (top 33%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies STAR SANDS, KADOKAWA, Lat-Lon
Runtime 2h 0m
Release Date April 21, 2023
IMDb tt27506951
Official Site www.netflix.com

Themes & Motifs

  • village
  • environmental issues
  • marginal village
  • youth poverty
  • village society

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