Your Lie in April
2016 2h 2m movie Film Japan

Your Lie in April

四月は君の嘘

Synopsis

四月は君の嘘

Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. He then meets Miyazono Kaori through childhood friend Sawabe Tsubaki. Kaori plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kousei is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.

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The 2015–2017 Japan Window

Your Lie in April holds position #305 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    ★ 8.6 · 2016
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    ★ 8.6 · 2016
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    #6

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    ★ 8.6 · 2016
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    #7

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including Your Lie in April. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.

The 3406th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

50
Reviews
64th
Review-volume percentile
54th
Popularity percentile

50 audience reviews — more than 64% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 54th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
50
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,159 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #952 of 1,933 (top 49%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesC&I entertainment
Runtime2h 2m
Release DateSeptember 10, 2016
IMDbtt5672048