Japan 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.
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The 2022–2024 Japan Window
The Village holds position #94 of 219 Japan films in the 2022–2024 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Village premiered alongside 86 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 86 other Japan films in 2023.
The 4552nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
32 audience reviews — more than 52% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 43th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Village, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- environmental issues · 1
- marginal village · 1
- youth poverty · 1
- village society · 1
- village · 46
Reception Benchmarks
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 |