Japan Synopsis
すばらしき世界
Mikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies for a TV show and meets a young TV director Tsunoda. Meanwhile, he struggles to get a proper job and fit into society. His impulsive, adamant nature and ingrained beliefs cause friction in his relationship with Tsunoda and those who want to help him.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Under the Open Sky. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2020–2022 Japan Window
Under the Open Sky holds position #187 of 452 Japan films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 170 titles released, including Under the Open Sky. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (539 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 169 other Japan films in 2021.
The 4218th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
23 audience reviews — more than 41% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 50th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Under the Open Sky, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- anti-organized crime law · 2
- yakuza exclusion ordinances · 2
- rehabilitation · 1
- criminal rehabilitation · 1
- killer · 20
- society · 14
- japan · 454
- yakuza · 93
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,281 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #555 of 1,933 (top 29%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | AOI Pro., Bandai Namco Arts, Filmarks, Kodansha, U-NEXT |
| Runtime | 2h 6m |
| Release Date | February 11, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt12801374 |