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Saving Shuli-San (2025)
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Original name: לשחרר את שולי-סאן
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Israel, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After the Israeli box office success of the first film, Avihu, Betzalel, and Natty return to theaters - this time, to save Shuli from the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza. The trio embarks on a wild adventure across Japan, along with Bat Sheva, Shuli's boss at his Tokyo restaurant job, and Roboko - a female android. Along the way, they'll have to face ninjas, the Yakuza, the crazy Japanese culture - and complete their biggest challenge: Saving Shuli. Again.
Style:
buddy comedy, action comedy, fast paced, intercultural, light hearted, feel good, absurd, slapstick, teen
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, yakuza, culture clash, fish out of water, rescue mission, mafia, androids, loyalty, language barrier, robot, ninja, road trip, hostage, satire, identity, female android, heist
Place:
japan, tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out buddy comedy, slapstick, fast paced and semi serious films with plots about friendship, satire, fish out of water, road trip, escapades, urban and heist mostly in Comedy, Crime and Adventure genres. Some movies like Saving Shuli-San: Hollywood Adventures (2015), All for Three (2017), Hell-Bent in India (2016), Go, Went, Gone (2019), Miami Bici 2 (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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