Trouble Every Day
2001 1h 41m movie Film Japan

Trouble Every Day

“The hunger to love.”

Synopsis

“The hunger to love.”

Shane and June Brown are an American couple honeymooning in Paris in an effort to nurture their new life together, a life complicated by Shane’s mysterious and frequent visits to a medical clinic where cutting edge studies of the human libido are undertaken.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Trouble Every Day. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Drama + Horror in Japan

76 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Trouble Every Day itself).

The 2000–2002 Japan Window

In the crowded 2000-2002 Japan release window, Trouble Every Day sits at #191 of 226. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
    #1

    Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

    ★ 9.0 · 2002
  2. My Family
    #2

    My Family

    ★ 9.0 · 2002
  3. Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
    #3

    Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

    ★ 8.9 · 2001
  4. InuYasha
    #4

    InuYasha

    ★ 8.6 · 2000
  5. Fighting Spirit
    #5

    Fighting Spirit

    ★ 8.6 · 2000
  6. Shaman King
    #6

    Shaman King

    ★ 8.6 · 2001
  7. Digimon Tamers
    #7

    Digimon Tamers

    ★ 8.6 · 2001
  8. Leave it to Kero!
    #8

    Leave it to Kero!

    ★ 8.6 · 2000

The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Trouble Every Day premiered alongside 79 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 79 other Japan films in 2001.

The 1356th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

147
Reviews
82nd
Review-volume percentile
57th
Popularity percentile

147 audience reviews — more than 82% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (82th percentile) outruns trending popularity (57th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Trouble Every Day, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • honeymoon · 4
  • new french extremism · 2
  • male masturbation · 1
  • vampirism · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • eroticism · 25
  • france · 19
  • paris · 14
  • cannibal · 12
  • violence · 9
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • woman director · 246
  • rape · 64
  • vampire · 36

Reception Benchmarks

5.8
TMDB Rating
147
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,993 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (13th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.1 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,743 of 1,933 (top 90%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
All Production CountriesFrance, Germany, Japan
Original LanguageFr
Spoken LanguagesEnglish, French
Production CompaniesKinétique Inc., ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, Dacia Films, Messaoud/a Films
Runtime1h 41m
Release DateJuly 11, 2001
IMDbtt0204700