Platinum Data

Platinum Data

Directed by Keishi Otomo

Produced by Toho Pictures

2013133 min5.3 / 10

A tense sci-fi thriller about a wrongly accused scientist hunted by authorities in a dystopian surveillance state, driven by paranoia and the question of who controls genetic identity.

Set in the year 2017, the Japanese government attempts to secretly control the DNA of its people. Ryuhei Kagura is a top scientist in the field of DNA analysis. He works at the DNA analysis institution run by the National Police Agency. When the inventor of the DNA analysis system is murdered, Ryuhei Kagura's own DNA is found at the murder scene. Ryuhei Kagura becomes the prime suspect and then he becomes a fugitive. Veteran detective Reiji Asama goes in pursuit.

Questions people ask

  • Is Platinum Data scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Platinum Data easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does Platinum Data end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Platinum Data violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is Platinum Data sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

6/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity10

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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