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Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)
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Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)
Original name: リトル・フォレスト 冬・春
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Ichiko (Ai Hashimoto) lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
Style: thought provoking, sincere, captivating, realistic, epic, poignant, aesthetic, comfort
Plot: food, japanese girl, japanese culture, nature, solitude, abandoned by mother, isolation, society, love, cookery, farmer, farm, asian, inspiration, melancholy, agriculture, backpacking, village life, cooking, countryside, slice of life, rural area, snow, big city, botany ...
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, sincere and serious films with plots about society, food, slice of life, friendship, asian, family relations and love mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Little Forest: Winter/Spring: Little Forest (2018), One Million Yen Girl (2008), Midnight Diner 2 (2016), Every Day a Good Day (2018), Hanezu (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Abandoned by her mother, young Ichiko leaves her life in the city to live off the land in Komori, a small town nestled among the mountains in rural Japan. Despite the void left by her mother’s disappearance, Ichiko comes to enjoy her independence ...
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Little Forest (2018)
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Duration: 103 min.
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Midnight Diner 2 (2016)
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Duration: 108 min.
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