Japan Synopsis
ツィゴイネルワイゼン
A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.
Other Titles From Art Theatre Guild
Mystery + Drama in Japan
208 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Mystery and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Zigeunerweisen itself).
The 1979–1981 Japan Window
Zigeunerweisen holds position #37 of 65 Japan films in the 1979–1981 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Zigeunerweisen premiered in 1980 — a quieter year for Japan cinema with only 17 titles in our catalog. The 1980s overall landed 280 films and series across 10 years of activity.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 16 other Japan films in 1980.
The 532nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
33 audience reviews — more than 53% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 47th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Zigeunerweisen, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- woman between two men · 5
- murder suspect · 5
- aging · 4
- wanderer · 2
- enduring friendship · 2
- wandering · 2
- taisho · 2
- vinyl record · 1
- morbid · 1
- wanderlust · 1
- friends love same woman · 1
- taishō period · 1
- musicians · 1
- adultery · 20
- geisha · 18
- male friendship · 17
- blind · 12
- dying and death · 10
- professor · 10
- look-alike · 7
- marriage · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,962 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Mystery productions specifically: #285 of 426 (top 67%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Art Theatre Guild, Cinema Placet |
| Runtime | 2h 24m |
| Release Date | April 1, 1980 |
| IMDb | tt0081662 |