Japan Synopsis
“The music never had to be explained.”
As glam rock's most flamboyant survivors, X Japan ignited a musical revolution in Japan during the late '80s with their melodic metal. Twenty years after their tragic dissolution, X Japan’s leader, Yoshiki, battles with physical and spiritual demons alongside prejudices of the West to bring their music to the world.
The 2015–2017 Japan Window
We Are X holds position #262 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including We Are X. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).
Music + Documentary in Japan
7 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Music and Documentary genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding We Are X itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.
The 3292nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
26 audience reviews — more than 45% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 32th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on We Are X, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- rock band · 5
- music documentary · 3
- documentary film · 3
- japanese music · 1
- x japan · 1
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,826 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (60th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Music productions specifically: #31 of 68 (top 46%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United Kingdom, Japan |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, English |
| Production Companies | Prettybird, Passion Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 32m |
| Release Date | March 12, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt4835086 |
| Official Site | www.wearexfilm.com |