Movies like The Yellow Handkerchief 1977

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The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
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The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Original name: 幸福の黄色いハンカチ
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story starts with Kinya, who has recently upgraded his car. He’s a young adult and he’s single so naturally he uses his ride to ahem, look for companions. He offers a ride to a shy girl by the name of Akemi and she reluctantly accepts. From the get go, sexual tension is apparent, but things get a bit easier as the two become acquainted. They pick up Yusaku, a 30-something coal miner with a reserved personality. The story slowly begins to shift from the comedic hijinks of Kinya and Akemi to Yusaku’s mental drama. He’s hiding something about his past, which he either wants to forget or is trying to remember.
Style: road movie, art house
Plot: road trip, police, divorce, fall in love, diarrhea, nightmare, breakup, young love, ex convict, husband wife relationship, flashback, miscarriage, roadblock, homecoming, woman driver, travel, trip, kiss, urination, handkerchief, peeing, break up, falling in love, road
Place: hokkaido
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out road movie, captivating, humorous and art house films with plots about road trip, friendship, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, family relations, divorce and on the road mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like The Yellow Handkerchief: A Distant Cry from Spring (1980), Station (1981), Wishlist (2020), Youth in Oregon (2016), 19 (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the ...
Style: uplifting, art house
Plot: asian history, cousin cousin relationship, asian, suitor, hopes, man boy relationship, loneliness, mysterious stranger, cow, police detective, coffee, horse race ...
Place: japan
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Station (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Plot: humanity, love, olympics, police officer, shooting, train station, suicide, snow, divorce, live action, suicide note
Time: year 1979, year 1968, year 1976
Place: hokkaido
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Wishlist (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Eva and Carmen are two women who meet in the worst place: the doctor’s office, waiting to hear the results of their cancer screenings. So Carmen has an idea: why don’t she and Eva rent an RV with her best pal, Mar, make a list of things ...
Style: road movie
Plot: teacher, cancer, wedding party, cat, sleeping, wine, desert, chemotherapy, waiter, surf, caravan, friendship ...
Place: africa, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Youth in Oregon (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man is tasked with driving his embittered 80-year-old father-in-law cross country to be legally euthanized in Oregon, while along the way helping him rediscover a reason for living.
Style: road movie, semi serious, sincere, disturbing, psychological ...
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Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
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19 (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A university student is kidnapped by young men in a car. No ransom is asked as the men are just bored roving thugs who have nothing better to do nor do they have any specific mission or purpose. Fascinated by the men's close bonds, the abused ...
Style: art house, road movie, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: kidnapping, homoeroticism, road trip, misfit, minimal dialogue, college student, bicycle, student, beach, friend, very little dialogue, public bath ...
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Detours (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.
Style: road movie, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot: road trip, infidelity, one night stand, love, father daughter relationship, middle age romance, marriage, extramarital affair, highway, highway travel, mother daughter relationship, on the road ...
Place: florida, atlantic ocean, new york
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Kikujiro (1999)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two begin a series of adventures which soon turns out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with a ...
Style: road movie, sad, uplifting, surreal, stylized ...
Plot: on the road, boy, summer, friendship, violence, child, children, road trip, yakuza, bittersweet, youth, coming of age ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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The Yen Family (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Comedy about a family and their obsession for making money.
Style: black comedy, independent film
Plot: father son relationship, family conflict, brother sister relationship, parent child relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, harmonica, small business, family relations, newspaper, obsession, adoption ...
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The Most Beautiful Day (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The quirky, overambitious pianist Andi (33) and the more laid back and relaxed Benno (36) have just one thing in common: They will both die soon. So the two of them decide after some trouble at the hospice, to have the most awesome day before its ...
Style: sweet, psychological, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: road trip, narcolepsy, friendship, last wish, disorder, tragedy, life philosophy, patient, odd couple, monkey, coach, bare chested male ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Continent (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A road movie that follows three young men yearning after their ideals.
Style: road movie, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: road trip, marriage crisis, crisis, self discovery, family in crisis, relationship problems, life is a bitch, family problems, marital crisis, introspection, travel, island
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Free Zone (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, Belgium, France, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Rebecca, an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few months now, has just broken off her engagement. She gets into a cab driven by Hanna, an Israeli. But Hanna is on her way to Jordan, to the Free Zone, to pick up a large of sum of money.
Style: road movie, serious, thought provoking, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: female protagonist, border crossing, on the road, breakup, society, friendship, border, taxi, culture clash, political unrest, storytelling, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: israel, jordan, palestine, jerusalem, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Blurred (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Every year more than 70,000 Australian school leavers head to the beaches of Australia's Gold Coast to celebrate their release from the secondary school system. With a wild mixture of sun, surf and sex, this quintessential Australian tradition ...
Style: road movie, satirical, captivating, semi serious, disturbing
Plot: holiday, road trip, nerd, teenager, party, schoolboy, satire, adolescence, schoolgirl, vacation, beach, limousine driver ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Tango of Our Childhood (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The film is about the hard lot of a woman with an extraordinary character, who tries to raise her children and win back her husband, who left family for another woman, after return from the war.
Plot: breakup, family conflict, divorce, husband wife relationship, horse, mother, old woman, children, sadness, family relations, world war two
Time: 1940s
Place: caucasus, armenia, eastern europe, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Bye Bye Blue Bird (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Faroe Islands
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Recalling the works of Jim Jarmusch and Wim Wenders, this Danish road movie concerns a pair of women, Rannva and Barba, who return after a seven-year absence to their native Faroes Islands, a self-governing province of Denmark near Iceland. Dressed ...
Style: road movie
Plot: road trip, conquering, female bonding, fisherman, friendship, drinking, estranged daughter, best friend, single parent, father daughter relationship, secret, single mother ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Wedding Waltz (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 56 min.
Story: Viltteri, a balding guy in his thirties living in rural northern Finland, is hopelessly clueless about his new role as a married man and the father of a newborn son. A perfect escape from family responsibilities is having to get his old Hillman Minx ...
Style: road movie
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Burn Burn Burn (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.
Style: road movie, humorous, captivating, exciting, light
Plot: death of friend, road trip, friendship, nature, funeral, terminal illness, cancer, ashes, woman, on the road, hitchhiker, secret ...
Place: scotland
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Les petites couleurs (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: road movie
Plot: hairdresser, strong female lead, empowerment, innkeeper, divorce, friendship, domestic violence, motel, woman, young
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Railroad Man (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
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Style: art house
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Some Secrets (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: road movie
Plot: bare chested male, pastor, husband wife relationship, secret, road trip, loss of father, priest, mother daughter relationship, death of father, female protagonist, car accident, little boy ...
Place: slovakia, czech republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Amerikana (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Following the Dogma rules does not make this film hard to watch... In the end, it is a great story and shows that Merendino can be a mature filmmaker. It's about two guys a Vespa and a trip from South Dakota to Los Angeles. It's funny, ...
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39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Puerto Rico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ana meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.
Style: sincere, realistic, humorous, captivating, road movie
Plot: road trip, friendship, journey, illegal gambling, save the day, bankruptcy, father daughter relationship, girl, gas station, natural disaster, 11 year old girl, bare chested male ...
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10 Items or Less (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, ...
Style: feel good, road movie, humorous, touching, clever ...
Plot: self discovery, friendship, introspection, road trip, research, on the road, movie star, job interview, mentor, friends, stranger, actor's life ...
Time: 20th century, year 2006
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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The Open Road (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Minor leaguer Carlton Garret takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle Garret when Carlton’s mother becomes sick. Once reunited, Carlton struggles to deal with the series of misadventures ...
Style: road movie, semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: father son relationship, baseball, road trip, family relations, fiancee, father son reunion, parents and children, on the road, estranged son, dysfunctional family, nothing goes right, estrangement ...
Time: year 2009
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My Father's Bike (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: emotional, humorous, road movie, captivating, light ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 105 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
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Style: captivating, crying
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: road movie, light, humorous, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: coming of age, death of brother, road trip, mother daughter relationship, hitchhiker, family relations, last wish, society, monkey, car, loss of brother, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hamburg germany, antarctica
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Unpregnant (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow.
Style: road movie, sweet, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage pregnancy, abortion, coming of age, teenager, road trip, teenage girl, pregnant girl, women, friendship, pregnancy, schoolgirl, moral dilemma ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Me and Veronica (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two sisters share a disturbing family secret.
Style: independent film
Plot: mental illness, suicide, waitress, sister, social worker, welfare, woman, sibling relationship, siblings, alcoholism, drug, rivals ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Landline (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Style: captivating, entertaining, humorous, feel good, art house
Audience: chick flick
Plot: teenager, infidelity, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, women, family problems, escapades, family relations, parents and children, life turned upside down, deception ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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