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Atelier (2015)
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Original name: アンダーウェア
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A young "fabric geek" lands a job at an upscale Japanese lingerie company — and quickly discovers she'll need help to survive.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, emotional, aesthetic, dorama, melancholic
Plot:
fashion industry, fashion, female protagonist, ambition, fashion designer, workplace, self discovery, coming of age, empire fashion, follow your dream, direction and purpose, luxury, perseverance, creative process, struggle, slice of life, female empowerment, female friendship, class differences, realism, identity crisis, office politics, youth, small business, gender roles ...
Place:
tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, semi serious, emotional and satirical films and TV series with plots about female protagonist, slice of life, coming of age, ambition, satire, female empowerment and fashion mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Atelier: Our Dearest Sakura (2019), Pretty Proofreader (2016), I Do, I Do (2012), Today's Webtoon (2022), Material Girl (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Sakura grew up on a remote island. She has a dream, which is to build a bridge on her island. In the spring of 2009, Sakura joins a big construction company. She does not hesitate to tell her colleagues about her dream to build a bridge. ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, inspirational, heartfelt
Plot:
female protagonist, ambition, workplace, friendship, determination, perseverance, direction and purpose, coping, follow your dream, civil engineer, remote island, construction ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Etsuko Kono is a 28-year-old woman who loves fashion. Aspiring to become a fashion editor, she joins a publishing company, but is sent to work in copy editing. There, her job is to correct errors and inadequate parts of documents and copies.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, comedy drama ...
Plot:
workplace, fashion, female protagonist, publishing, personal growth, fashion magazine, love and romance, love affair, romantic relationship, empire fashion, couple relations, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
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Story:
I Do, I Do is a 2012 South Korean romantic-comedy television series, starring Kim Sun-a, Lee Jang-woo, Park Gun-hyung and Im Soo-hyang. It is about a successful shoe designer in her late 30s whose career is sidetracked when she accidentally gets ...
Style:
romantic comedy, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
pregnancy, fashion industry, unplanned pregnancy, relationship vs career, workplace, empire fashion, coworker, male female relationship, haute couture, romantic relationship, couple relations, fashion ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
The story is about a woman who struggles together with her coworkers to mature into a true webtoon editor after joining the webtoon editorial department. On Ma Eum, who enters the webtoon editorial department after beating all odds. She has a large ...
Style:
satirical, disturbing, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
workplace, career, ambition, adaptation, painter, satire, coworker, workplace situations, direction and purpose, career change, determination, personal growth ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama about dreams, love, clothes and how we all use them to run away from who we are and towards who we should be.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, semi serious
Plot:
model, fashion, fashion industry, rivalry, business, haute couture, fashion designer, aspiration, women, satire, social climber, ambition ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Chinami works at a fabric shop, dreaming of one day working in the fashion industry. By accident, she begins work in the editing section for a fashion magazine. Chinami believes her new job may open doors for her to new opportunities, but it turns ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, dark comedy
Plot:
fashion industry, workplace, business competition, workplace situations, fashion magazine, journalism, female rivalry, magazine, office politics, competition, fashion, intrigue ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1930 and as a young child, Tsuneko Kohashi lives at Enshu in Shizuoka Prefecture. She has a happy life with her parents and two younger sisters. Things change after her father dies from tuberculosis. Her father asked Tsuneko Kohashi to take care ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, satirical, psychological, heartfelt ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, women, entrepreneurship, magazine, sisterhood, female empowerment, family drama, resilience, perseverance, japanese woman, social problems, satire ...
Time:
post world war two, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story:
Melanie's dream of making it big in the fashion world draws from her deep interest in ukay fashion and the pain of being abandoned by her own mother. She finds the opportunity when Chris, a fashion executive of a struggling streetwear company, ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
fashion, female protagonist, fashion designer, designer, personal growth, self discovery, relationship vs career, aspiration, direction and purpose, lifestyle, satire, career ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 to 31 March 2012. It is the 85th Asadora. It is based on the life of the fashion designer Ayako Koshino in Kishiwada, Osaka. Ayako was the mother of ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious, family saga ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fashion, ambition, follow your dream, rise to the top, lifestyle, workplace, hopes, family relations, workplace situations, parents and children, biopic, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
More than half of women in their 20's to 30's admit to "currently lacking a boyfriend." Men, love, sex, work, marriage... All the issues women face today are revealed in truth through this generation, an "ice age of ...
Style:
satirical, dorama, entertaining, romantic, semi serious ...
Plot:
women, relationships, slice of life, dating, friendship, young adult, looking for love, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, satire, female protagonist, love story, romantic relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, satirical, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
workplace, satire, employee, job, workplace situations, company, employer employee relationship, coworker, lifestyle, social commentary, female protagonist, office politics ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Feature film.
Style:
satirical, buddy comedy, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
terminal illness, male friendship, mortality, bittersweet, last wish, escapades, satire, fighting illness, criminal, robbery, illness, dark humor ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Kinue is a saleswoman in the futon section of a department store. One day, she suddenly gets transferred to the women's clothing department, even though she herself is lacking in fashion sense. Her new boss Miki, soon introduces Kinue to the ...
Style:
dorama, thrilling, captivating, semi serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
department store, fashion, workplace, female protagonist, coworker relationship, relationship problems, love affair, workplace situations, love interest, changing lives, lifestyle change, personal growth ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drop Dead Gorgeous is a British comedy-drama for BBC Three. Set in Runcorn, it tells the story of 15-year-old Ashley Webb, whose life is turned upside-down when she is approached by a spotter from a local modelling agency. Events move at lightning ...
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological, comedy drama ...
Plot:
modeling, teenager, satire, model, british, haute couture, fashion industry, photo model, fashion model, empire fashion, supermodel, teenage life ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Yoko, a sort of modern tomboy, almost by chance gets her sights set stubbornly on becoming a Cabin Attendant (CA), a type of woman the men are all fond of, but a role which is completely out of character for her. (This is a drama about young people ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, dorama, offbeat
Plot:
stewardess, follow your dream, ambition, workplace situations, workplace, workplace intrigue, against the odds, self discovery, youth, airline, aviation, physical appearance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Satoru Matsudo moves to Tokyo in hopes of becoming an actor. He has trouble breaking into the industry, but his luck begins to change when he finds an airplane ticket belonging to a talent agency CEO. Time passes, and Satoru makes a name for himself ...
Style:
thrilling, satirical, captivating, semi serious, emotional ...
Plot:
film industry, aspiring actor, actor, changing lives, filmmaker, satire, showbiz, self discovery, entertainment industry, realism, personal growth, city life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Natalie, a small-town girl with big ambitions, and an equally big attitude, gets her first break in fashion, only to discover that her dreams come with a price to pay — in love, in her career and in her values — in this romantic comedy-drama set ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
fashion, fashion designer, young woman, glamour, ambitious woman, ambition, relationship vs career, social problems, romantic relationship, relationships, male female relationship, price of fame ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1960's, the family of an optimistic girl Jo Bong-hee, fell into difficulties after her father's death. Then, she decided to rekindle her hope and overcomes different obstacles to become the best fashion designer in Korea
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, period piece, historical drama
Plot:
fashion designer, poverty, ambition, fashion, fashion industry, perseverance, family drama, female protagonist, relationships, problem, family relations, social problems ...
Time:
60s
Place:
korea
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Gwei Lun-mei-starring drama series “Women in Taipei,” as a spin-off from the “Women in Tokyo” series.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
female protagonist, ambition, city life, aunt niece relationship, ambitious woman, lifestyle, coping, family relations, self discovery, struggle, aspiration, slice of life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
taiwan, taipei
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Three single women in 30s gather and talk about everyday life from work to love. Nothing is more important to them than enjoying a drink after work.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
women, friendship, working woman, female friendship, drinking, everyday life, slice of life, loneliness, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, satire, female protagonist, friends ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Costume designer Kong Hyun Soo fights against trials and hardships in order to succeed and find her happiness.
Style:
dramatic, dorama, captivating, entertaining, inspirational ...
Plot:
female protagonist, determination, perseverance, personal growth, resilience, young woman, young girl, female student, love, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
TV show
Story:
This show is about a young girl who comes to Mumbai to live her dreams and aim at her aspirations. It is about her journey in the big city.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional, inspirational
Plot:
city life, dream, ambition, aspiration, coming of age, self discovery, personal growth, direction and purpose, changing lives, coping, ambitious woman, female protagonist ...
Place:
mumbai india, india
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Greece
TV show
Story:
Four women whose lives have reached a dead end decide to change everything by forming the first ever national curling team in Greece.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, uplifting, feel good ...
Plot:
women, ambition, friendship, greek, lifestyle change, sport team, athlete and trainer, ambitious woman, changing lives, direction and purpose, athlete's life, aspiration ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
greece, athens greece
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Umechan Sensei is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 2, 2012. It is about a girl named Umeko Shimomura who, despite being overshadowed by her talented older brother and sister, and despite being thought of as a clumsy child, ...
Style:
asadora, disturbing, captivating, inspirational, historical drama ...
Plot:
determination, medical, resilience, post war japan, post war, life is a bitch, female doctor, doctor, female protagonist, family problems, courage, coming of age ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Style:
medical drama, captivating, semi serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
hospital, nursing, nurse, medical, coming of age, life & death, female protagonist, doctor, medicine, physician, workplace, social problems ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
TV show
Story:
Five women and Paris. Five ways of being, crying, screaming and laughing, missing the bus, grinding teeth, enjoying, not enjoying, drinking too much, growing up, resisting, making a child or not, do not wanting to go home... Five ways to love. Five ...
Style:
emotional, disturbing, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
women, christmas, everyday life, slice of life, satire, female protagonist, social satire, multiple storylines, bonding, lifestyle, identity, friendship ...
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Family, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
The 95th NHK Asadora is about Sumire, a girl born in the uptown of Kobe in the early Showa period. In the wake of wartime devastation, she works hard toward making children's clothes for a living, and later establishes a first-ever ...
Style:
asadora, romantic, light, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
designer, fashion, fashion designer, fashion industry, resilience, entrepreneurship, businesswoman, ambitious woman, lifestyle, empire fashion, haute couture, female protagonist ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
TV show
Story:
Milan 1975. Irene, the daughter of immigrants from the South of Italy, decides to answer an ad in the fashion magazine "Appeal" so that she can support herself while at university. From that moment on, her life will change, following the ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, light, visually appealing, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fashion, student, style, lifestyle, stylist, new life, career, journalism, new job, female protagonist, immigration, coming of age ...
Time:
70s
Place:
milan italy
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Jun Jonochi works at a paper manufacturing company. She is earnest, but clueless about her own appearance. She doesn't have any interest in making herself look good. One day, she realizes that people don't view her as other women. She ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
fashion, cosmetics, makeover, beauty, relationships, coworker, lifestyle change, changing lives, style, satire, female protagonist, workplace ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Suzuki Kanna is a powerhouse woman with single-minded devotion once she puts her mind to something. Working for a fashion designer, her dream is to someday design clothes that will make women everywhere amazingly attractive.” But her world begins ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
female protagonist, single mother, working mom, mother son relationship, strong female lead, family drama, resilience, determination, family problems, marital problem, fashion, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
37%
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