Japan Synopsis
“Based On One Hell Of A True Story”
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Audience Engagement
638 audience reviews — more than 95% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 89th percentile among Japan films.
Drama + Adventure in Japan
292 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The World's Fastest Indian itself).
The 2004–2006 Japan Window
The World's Fastest Indian holds position #71 of 347 Japan films in the 2004–2006 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 World's Fastest Indian premiered alongside 116 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 116 other Japan films in 2005.
The 1754th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The World's Fastest Indian, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- motor sport · 4
- new zealand · 3
- life's dream · 2
- utah · 1
- trailer · 1
- mortgage · 1
- speed records · 1
- motorcycle · 22
- 1960s · 20
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,033 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #440 of 1,933 (top 23%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | New Zealand, Switzerland, Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | French, English |
| Production Companies | New Zealand Film Commission, 2929 Productions, OLC / Rights Entertainment, Tanlay, New Zealand Film Production Fund |
| Runtime | 2h 7m |
| Release Date | October 12, 2005 |
| IMDb | tt0412080 |