The Japanese Wife Next Door

The Japanese Wife Next Door

Directed by Yutaka Ikejima

Produced by Pink Eiga

200460 min4.8 / 10

A comedic erotic film that uses sexual misadventure and domestic chaos to explore the collision between desire and family obligation.

Office worker Takashi shares a drink one night with two women: Ryoko and Sakura. Fate intervenes and he subsequently ends up marrying Sakura. The newlywed couple move into Takashi’s family home (shared with his sister, father and grandfather), but Sakura’s nymphomaniac sex drive soon starts to cause tensions.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Japanese Wife Next Door violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Japanese Wife Next Door sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is The Japanese Wife Next Door scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does The Japanese Wife Next Door end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is The Japanese Wife Next Door easy watching? 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.

22/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity78

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise10

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like The Japanese Wife Next Door

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Japanese Wife Next Door

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Japanese Wife Next Door, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Japanese Wife Next Door, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Japanese Wife Next Door, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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