Japan Yi Yi is a Japan–Taiwan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
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Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.
Audience Engagement
458 audience reviews — more than 93% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (93th percentile) outruns trending popularity (73th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Japan × Taiwan Co-Production
Other Japan×Taiwan titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Yi Yi. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 1999–2001 Japan Window
Among 205 Japan films we catalog from this window, Yi Yi places #29 — near the top of its class.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Yi Yi premiered in 2000 — a quieter year for Japan cinema with only 64 titles in our catalog. The 2000s overall landed 1020 films and series across 10 years of activity.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 63 other Japan films in 2000.
The 1296th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Yi Yi, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- middle class · 3
- bullying · 27
- wedding · 24
- daughter · 17
- taiwan · 14
- taipei · 12
- photography · 9
- businessman · 8
- family · 74
- love triangle · 55
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #644 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (86th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #268 of 1,933 (top 14%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, Taiwan, United Kingdom |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Omega Project, AtomFilms, Nemuru Otoko Seisaku Iinkai, Capitol Films |
| Runtime | 2h 53m |
| Release Date | September 20, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0244316 |