The Japon
In 1614 a Japanese expedition led by the emperor's grandson landed in the Sevillian town of Coria del Río, and the heir to the throne fell in love with a beautiful Sevillian, formed a family and never returned to Japan.400 years later, Emperor Satohito dies and the rightful heir turns out to be Paco Japan, a 37-year-old neighbor of Coria del Río.
- Worldwide
- $3M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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In 1614 a Japanese expedition led by the emperor's grandson landed in the Sevillian town of Coria del Río, and the heir to the throne fell in love with a beautiful Sevillian, formed a family and never returned to Japan. 400 years later, Emperor Satohito dies and the rightful heir turns out to be Paco Japan, a 37-year-old neighbor of Coria del Río. The life of Paco and his family will change dramatically when he sees himself overnight living in the Imperial Palace and preparing to be the new Emperors of Japan. The cultural and linguistic clash between Japanese and Andalusian will cause funny and crazy situations in this adventure where East and West shake hands.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Japon returned 0.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $3M
- Release date
- Jun 28, 2019
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- Spanish, Japanese
- Country
- Spain
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
