Similar to The End of Us
Happy Hour
Original: ハッピーアワー
“Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life'…”
- Released
- 12 Dec 2015
- Runtime
- 5h 17m
- Language
- Japanese
- Director
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Happy Hour (2015) shares a 19% thematic match with The End of Us, overlapping on Relationship. Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life'…
Why it matches The End of Us
Shared genres
Happy Hour (2015) lists 1 genre — Drama — and 1 of them overlap with The End of Us (100%). That single genre is the weakest kind of signal on its own — context below explains why the keyword overlap still matters.
Overlapping themes
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Overall match score
With 1 overlapping theme and 1 shared genre, Happy Hour (2015) lands in the edge-case of our recommendation set for The End of Us. The 60/40 keyword-vs-genre weighting is what separates this score from a shared-genre coincidence.
How audiences received it
TMDB viewer rating
TMDB viewers have given Happy Hour an average of 7.2 / 10 across 64 votes.
IMDb audience score
IMDb — a broader, mainstream audience — rates it 7.6 / 10 (3.3K votes). Comparing the two platforms tells you whether the film resonates more with cinephiles or general viewers.
Popularity signal
Current TMDB popularity index: 4.1 — under the radar. Popularity is a rolling weekly signal, so it reflects present-day discovery, not historical footprint.
The film in context
Where it sits
Happy Hour — released on 12 Dec 2015, running 5h 17m, in Japanese.
Direction & writing
Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Written by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi.
On screen
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FAQ
Is Happy Hour similar to The End of Us?
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Our engine rates Happy Hour a 19% thematic match with The End of Us, weighted 60% on shared keywords and 40% on shared genres. That places it at the edges of our catalogue of similar films.
When was Happy Hour released?
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Happy Hour was released in 2015 and runs 5h 17m.
How is Happy Hour rated?
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Happy Hour holds 7.2 / 10 on TMDB (64 votes) and 7.6 / 10 on IMDb (3.3K votes).
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