Japan Synopsis
囀る鳥は羽ばたかない The clouds gather
The sexually masochistic yakuza boss, Yashiro, isn't the type to warm up to others easily. But when Chikara Doumeki, his newly hired bodyguard, catches his interest, he reconsiders his "hands-off" policy with subordinates. As Yashiro's invitations fail, the yakuza boss finds out his bodyguard has a very personal reason for staying at arm's length.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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★ 6.5 · Japan
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★ 7.4 · Japan
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★ 5.0 · Japan
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★ 5.5 · Japan
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★ 7.4 · Japan
3 sharedSeven Days: Friday – Sunday
★ 6.3 · Japan
Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather itself).
The 2019–2021 Japan Window
Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather holds position #315 of 500 Japan films in the 2019–2021 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 Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather premiered alongside 149 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 149 other Japan films in 2020.
The 4083rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
22 audience reviews — more than 39% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 31th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- masochism · 2
- gangs · 1
- based on manga · 297
- adult animation · 101
- yakuza · 93
- lgbt · 73
- boys' love (bl) · 69
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,394 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (48th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,605 of 2,532 (top 63%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | GRIZZLY, dugout |
| Runtime | 1h 25m |
| Release Date | February 27, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt10675392 |