Wood Job!
2014 1h 56m movie Film Japan

Wood Job!

ウッジョブ

Synopsis

ウッジョブ

After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually after passing the training course, he is sent to Kamusari Village for a year of work experience – where he becomes assimilated with the beauty of nature and the warm-hearted people of the village.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Wood Job!. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Django Films

Drama + Comedy in Japan

462 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Wood Job! itself).

The 2013–2015 Japan Window

Wood Job! holds position #199 of 546 Japan films in the 2013–2015 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Attack on Titan
    #1

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013
  2. Haikyu!!
    #2

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  3. Your Lie in April
    #3

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  4. Golden Time
    #4

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  5. SCHOOL-LIVE!
    #5

    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  6. Castle Town Dandelion
    #6

    Castle Town Dandelion

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  7. SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD
    #7

    SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  8. The Seven Deadly Sins
    #8

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    ★ 8.5 · 2014

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Wood Job! premiered alongside 186 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.

The 2968th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

60
Reviews
67th
Review-volume percentile
33rd
Popularity percentile

60 audience reviews — more than 67% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (67th percentile) outruns trending popularity (33th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Wood Job!, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • high school graduation · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • forest · 23
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • japan · 454
  • coming of age · 78
  • village · 46

Reception Benchmarks

7.3
TMDB Rating
60
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,592 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (65th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #694 of 1,933 (top 36%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesDjango Films
Runtime1h 56m
Release DateMay 10, 2014
IMDbtt2964120
Official Sitewww.woodjob.jp

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