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Drowning Love (2016)
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Drowning Love (2016)
Original name: 溺れるナイフ
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Natsume Mochizuki works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One day, she meets Koichiro Hasegawa. He is the successor of the Hasegawa family. His family is wealthy and is respected in the area. Natsume Mochizuki and Koichiro Hasegawa become attracted to each other, but something changes their fate.
Style: sentimental, sincere, touching, psychological, uplifting, disturbing, sweet, shoujo, romantic drama, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: love and romance, love affair, couple relations, obsession, love, fall in love, friendship, couples, youth, destiny, promise, adaptation, life philosophy, hopes, teenager, relationships, model, chaos, dating, feminine beauty, fashion model, japanese schoolgirl, forced sex, popular girl, slim ...
Time: contemporary
Place: japan, tokyo
Keyword: eye candy, attack, pipe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic, touching, sentimental and captivating films with plots about love, love and romance, japanese schoolgirl, japanese girl, couples, teenager and mini skirt mostly in Romance, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Drowning Love: We Were There: First Love (2012), Love The Way You Are (2019), Your eyes tell (2020), Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016), Narratage (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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We Were There: First Love (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: "We Were There" follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano (Toma Ikuta) & Nanami Takahashi (Yuriko Yoshitaka). During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular boy in school, but can't get over the ...
Style: touching, romantic, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: cancer patient, teenage love, separation, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, old friend, sadness, teenager, love story, superhero, stepmother stepson relationship, high school ...
Place: japan, tokyo, hokkaido
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Love The Way You Are (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Opposites clash when spunky girl next door Lin Lin meets eccentric nerd Yuke. Despite being neighbors and schoolmates since childhood, Lin Lin and Yuke barely know each other. When the pair are both admitted into the same university, Lin Lin ...
Style: uplifting, touching, romantic, sweet, sentimental
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: couples, love affair, love, fall in love, friendship, love and romance, youth, society, couple relations, destiny, reunion
Place: china, east asia
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Your eyes tell (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A tragic accident lead to Kaori's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. She meets Rui and begins to talk to him. Rui was once a promising kickboxer, but something happened in his past. Kaori's ...
Style: sincere, emotional, melancholic, talky, psychological ...
Plot: japanese girl, sexpot, love, true love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, blind woman, japanese woman, love and romance, love affair, young lovers, love story, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tokyo, xian
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Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Erika Shinohara (Fumi Nikaido) is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to ...
Style: romantic, touching, sweet, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: japanese girl, love, relationships, fall in love, male female relationship, couple relations, escapades, love and romance, teenager, couples, youth, friendship ...
Place: japan
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Narratage (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story: During spring, 2nd year university student Izumi Kudo (Kasumi Arimura) receives a phone call from Takashi Hayama (Jun Matsumoto). Takashi Hayama was her adviser/teacher at her high school drama club. He asks her on the phone to take part in a ...
Style: romantic, uplifting, captivating, sweet, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: teacher student relationship, teacher, japanese woman, university student, fall in love, couple relations, love and romance, couples, love affair, youth, love, hopes ...
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My Little Monster (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Problem student Haru Yoshida sits next to the cold and studious Shizuku Mizutani in class. Without any other friends to turn to, both of them start to get to know each other and grow closer. Haru eventually develop feelings for Shizuku and confesses ...
Style: romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: high school, love affair, youth, love, fall in love, couples, friendship, destiny, love and romance, couple relations, asian school, japanese schoolgirl ...
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Make a Bow and Kiss (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Based on the comic book by Yakko Kaga
Style: sweet, captivating, light, romantic, crying ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: female bare legs, japanese teenager, dating, sexy brunette, crush, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, love, child neglect, teenage crush, father son relationship, tournament ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, japan, east asia
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After the Rain (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Akira Tachibana is a 17-year-old high school student. She was once a promising athlete, but an injury has prevented her from taking part in track and field. One day, Akira Tachibana goes to a family restaurant and the manager talks to her in a ...
Style: sexy, captivating, disturbing, sincere, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot: japanese girl, unrequited love, sexually liberated, japanese schoolgirl, teenage girl, co worker co worker relationship, nubile, school, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, restaurant, boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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L.DK (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Aoi Nishimori's parents moved to another city for work, but Aoi didn't want to transfer to a new high school. She stays behind and lives in an apartment by herself. Shusei Kugayama moves in next to Aoi's apartment. Shusei is a very ...
Style: romantic, shoujo, light, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: japanese girl, japanese school, japanese teenager, high school, love story, high school crush, asian school, jealousy, school, student, teacher, betrayal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia, east asia
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I Give My First Love to You (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: As a child Takuma is diagnosed with a heart condition that requires care from a cardiologist. He soon becomes friends with his doctors young daughter Mayu while being treated at the hospital. One day Mayu overhears her father saying that Takumas ...
Style: touching, sincere, suspense, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: terminal illness, first love, teen romance, japanese girl, love, hopes, tragedy, breaking up with girlfriend, illness, siblings, superhero, love story ...
Place: japan
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Paradise Kiss (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Hyasaka Yukari only wants one thing: to enter the college that her mom wants. One day, she meets an extravagant group that loves fashion. They were searching for a model and Yukari fits their ideal model. From now Yukari will know the world of ...
Style: sentimental, shoujo, romantic, captivating, anime ...
Plot: fashion, fall in love, youth, social relations, love and romance, hottie, sexy brunette, fashion industry, student, fashion show, fashion designer, mannequin ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, east asia, tokyo, asia
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ReLIFE (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Arata Kaizaki is 27-years-old and unemployed. He quit his prior job after working for the company for 3 months. Arata Kaizaki decides to take part in a research program. He takes medication that makes him look younger and he is to attend high school ...
Style: romantic, sweet, uplifting, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: love story, rejuvenation, teenager, high school, relationships, love, fall in love, friendship, couple relations, love affair, love and romance, romantic friendship ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Say 'I Love You' (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mei Tachibana is a high school student. Due to a traumatic incident when she was a kid, Mei has been unable to make friends or have boyfriends. By mistake, Mei then injures the most popular male student named Yamato Kurosawa. Somehow, Yamato ...
Style: sexy, anime, shoujo, sincere, light ...
Plot: high school crush, nubile girl, teenager, jealousy, school, classmate, family relations, friendship, couples, rivalry, society, happy ending ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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We Were There: True Love (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: During the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano (Toma Ikuta) transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo due to a family matter. Yano and Nanami (Yuriko Yoshitaka) promised to meet again. A couple of years later, Nanami is busy finding a job, ...
Style: sentimental, touching, disturbing, suspenseful, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: renewed love, teen romance, parent child relationship, unfulfilled love, love, love affair, high school sweetheart, adolescence, couple relations, teenage love, love and romance, looking for love ...
Place: japan
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The Girl from the Song (2017)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young musician travels to Burning Man, a psychedelic festival in the middle of the Nevada desert, in an attempt to get the impetuous girl he has fallen in love with.
Style: uplifting, romantic, touching, sentimental, sweet
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: love, love story, couples, obsession, youth, love affair, destiny, relationships, fall in love, love and romance, male female relationship, music ...
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Honey (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nao is normally shy at school. It is a surprise when Taiga propositions her for a date and eventual marriage. Nao means to say 'no,' but says 'yes' instead not knowing how to reject such a proposal. Taiga has always come across a ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, captivating, light, crying
Plot: teenager, girl, high school, love, coming of age, couples, youth, high school life, society, humble, proposal, thug ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Forget Me Not (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Takashi Hayama (Nijiro Murakami) is a third year high school student. He falls in love with Azusa Oribe (Akari Hayami) at first sight and they begin to date. One day, Azusa tells Takashi "people who meet me, forget about me several hours ...
Style: sincere, touching, semi serious, stylized, teen
Audience: teens
Plot: sad ending, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, forgetfulness, mysterious girl, high school romance, memory loss, japanese schoolgirl, love and romance, tragedy, unrequited love, high school life, friendship ...
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The Girl in the Sun (2013)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A new salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai, a friend from his middle school days. Back then, Mao was called stupid and bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a ...
Style: romantic, disturbing, psychological, captivating, crying
Plot: nubile girl, love story, amnesiac, ex classmate, memory, memories, meeting, in love, love interest, fall in love, family problems, love affair ...
Place: tokyo
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One Week Friends (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: High school student Yuki Hase (Kento Yamazaki) wants to become close with classmate Kaori Fujimiya (Haruna Kawaguchi) who is alway by herself. Kaori Fujimiya refuses to become close with Yuki Hase, because she forgets her friends every new Monday. ...
Style: romantic, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: classmate, friendship, classmate classmate relationship, love affair, couples, fall in love, love, destiny, youth, hopes, love and romance, couple relations ...
Place: japan
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Endless Love (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A famous and a wealthy doctor, falls in love with a poor housekeeper.
Style: sexy, sweet, sentimental, touching, uplifting ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: love, male female relationship, relationships, couple relations, obsession, destiny, love affair, love and romance, youth, couples, fall in love, hopes ...
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The Black Devil and the White Prince (2016)
Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Yū Akahane moves to a dormitory room after her father's transfer from work. She is excited that she will live in the same dorm as Takumi Shirakawa, aka "White Prince." Yet, Haruto Kurosaki, aka "Black Devil", kisses her as ...
Style: captivating, contemplative, sincere, psychological, crying ...
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, crush, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, jealousy, high school friend, couples, love, student, roommate, teenage girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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From Me To You (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Sawako Kuronuma, called Sadako by her classmates for her resemblance to the character from Ring, has always been feared and misunderstood because of her appearance. There are rumors that Sawako can see ghosts and curse people. However, despite her ...
Style: shoujo, sentimental, captivating, sweet, psychological ...
Plot: feminine wiles, love, teenage girl, school, father daughter relationship, fall in love, high school life, social misfits, couples, love story, friendship, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, east asia
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Sky Of Love (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: During her freshman year in high school, Mika Tahara (Yui Aragaki) loses her cellular phone, but later finds it in the school library with the help of an unknown caller. Throughout the summer, Mika and the mysterious caller continue to communicate, ...
Style: romantic, sweet, bad ending, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot: high school student, terminal illness, teenager, love story, high school, first love, schoolgirl, love, friendship, asian, opposites attract, love and romance ...
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Tune in for Love (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In 1994, on the first day that Yoo Yeul went on air as the new DJ of the popular radio show ‘Music Album,' a college girl Mi-su meets Hyun-woo who happens to drop by the bakery she works at. Like the music streaming from the radio, their ...
Style: romantic, rom com, captivating, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: love story, radio, love affair, youth, destiny, couples, love, love and romance, fall in love, couple relations, friendship, romantic relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: thailand, east asia
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Strobe Edge (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Ninako Kinoshita has never been in love until an encounter with the school's most popular boy, Ren Ichinose, leads the two to befriending each other. Ren's patient and kind personality is a far cry from his unapproachable idol status at ...
Style: shoujo, captivating, disturbing, psychological, romantic ...
Plot: love story, japanese teenager, unrequited love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love triangle, teenager, schoolgirl, falling down, teenage girl, classmate, declaration of love, teenage love ...
Place: east asia
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Virgin Snow (2007)
Genre: Romance
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Min is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. Min falls in love at first sight and finds out that Nanae ...
Style: emotional, realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love, couples, lovers apart, unfulfillment, fall in love, youth, japanese school, teenager, disappearance, promise, frustration, art ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, kyoto japan, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Theatre: A Love Story (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Nagata works as a writer and director for theater company Oroka. His work has not received positive responses and ticket sales has not increased. Making things worse, his relationship with the theatrical troupe is not good. Nagata feels lonely. One ...
Style: romantic, touching, talky, psychological, romantic drama
Plot: japanese girl, love and romance, relationships, love story, couple relations, young lovers, fall in love, teenage love, teenager, true love, friendship, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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The Choice (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
Style: romantic, touching, emotional, sweet, scenic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: love, couples, true love, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, happy ending, destiny, hospital, moral dilemma, life & death, love story ...
Time: year 1988, year 1946, year 1989, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa, south carolina
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Love O2O (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story: What is it that makes a man fall in love with a woman at first sight? Appearance? Aura? Wealth? NO, when campus prince and gaming expert, student Xiao Nai first saw Bei Wei Wei, what made him fall in love was not her extraordinary beauty, but her ...
Style: romantic, touching, sweet, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: couples, computer game, youth, love, fall in love, friendship, love affair, love and romance, hopes, couple relations, destiny, internet ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Perfect World (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Tsugumi Kawana (Hana Sugisaki) works at an interior design company. She happens to meet her first love Itsuki Ayukawa (Takanori Iwata) from her high school days. He is now an architect and in a wheelchair because of an accident. --asianwiki
Style: sincere, captivating, crying
Plot: cripple, kindness, true love, wheelchair bound, love, rehabilitation, friend, disability, man in a wheelchair, male female relationship, couple relations, in love ...
Place: tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
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