Earthquake Bird
Seen it?2019 | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and romantics.
- The mood
- Tense, warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 47 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
50% on Rotten Tomatoes, 48 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
5.9 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a modest audience; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 18K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Wash Westmoreland
- Alicia VikanderLucy Fly
- Riley KeoughLily Bridges
- Naoki KobayashiTeiji Matsuda
- Kiki SukezaneNatsuko
- Yoshiko SakumaMrs. Yamamoto
- Ken YamamuraDet. Oguchi
- Kazuhiro MuroyamaDet. Kameyama
- Crystal KaySinger
- Akiko IwaseMs. Katō
- Jack HustonBob Johnson