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Drucker in the Dug-Out (2011)
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Drucker in the Dug-Out (2011)
Original name: もし高校野球の女子マネージャーがドラッカーの『マネジメント』を読んだら
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Story: The movie is about Minami Kawashima, a high school girl who becomes the manager of her school's baseball team in place of her hospitalized friend, Yuki Miyata. She tries to lead the team to the National High School Baseball Championship by learning strategies from the business book Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices by Peter Drucker, which she mistakenly bought.
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, uplifting
Plot: baseball, school, japanese schoolgirl, sport team, contests and competitions, manager, rivalry, disability, friendship, human spirit, society, japanese girl, golf, schoolgirl, american imperialism, japanese school, short skirt, legs, school uniform, mini skirt, ponytail, pigtails, sailor uniform, girl wearing a miniskirt, leg ...
Place: japan
Keyword: sport, eye candy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, sincere and realistic films with plots about japanese schoolgirl, mini skirt, short skirt, schoolgirl, japanese girl, girl wearing a miniskirt and friendship mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Drucker in the Dug-Out: A Cappella (2016), The Kirishima Thing (2012), Tokyo Shutter Girl (2013), Kanazawa Shutter Girl (2018), Say 'I Love You' (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Saki Achiga-hen: Episode of Side-A (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Sequel movie to the live-action Saki TV series.
Style: captivating, sincere, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot: mahjong, sexy girl, japanese teenager, teenager, japanese girl, escapades, friends, contests and competitions, friendship, youth, rivalry, ambition ...
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A Cappella (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Set in the year 1969 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Kyoko Noma is a loving female high school student who takes part in campus protests. One day, she meets university student Wataru Domoto in the tea cafe Mubansou ("A Cappella"). ...
Style: tense, suspense, contemplative, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: gay, protest, revolution, japanese schoolgirl, youth, dishonesty, heroes, high school, danger, schoolgirl, friendship, society ...
Time: year 1969
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Kirishima Thing (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A story about the disappearance of Kirishima, a star athlete of the volleyball club, and how his disappearance affects every person in school.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, semi serious, touching, psychological ...
Plot: high school, disappearance, society, friendship, youth, social relations, high school student, rivalry, asian, great ending, teenager, japanese schoolgirl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Tokyo Shutter Girl (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The movie Tokyo Shutter Girl, based on the comic series by Kenichi Kiriki, consists of three separate works by three separate directors, each set in Tokyo. It is about three Japanese schoolgirls in a photo club.
Style: anthology, sexual
Plot: japanese girl, skirt, sexy girl, maiden, japanese schoolgirl, sexy teenager, japanese teenager, skin, photography, teenage girl, discovery, high school ...
Place: japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Kanazawa Shutter Girl (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The girls are good friends at junior high school. Three of them seem to adjust and move forward upon entering high school, but the fourth of them is not having a seamless time of it. High school is not comfortable and the transition is full of ...
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Audience: family outing
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, high school, schoolgirl, socially awkward, social problems, teenage girl, teenager, social issues, teenage life, skirt, pretty girl ...
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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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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Utsumi and Seto's daily routine is to spend their afterschool hours just jabbering with one another along a riverbed. Getting excited over trivial word play, agonizing over the content of an email to be sent to a girl, and, at times, talking ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
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Dream of Illumination (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Noboru (Yuya Takagawa) runs a real estate agency in a provincial city. He is cold-blooded when it comes to make a sale. His daughter is high school senior Nana (Sara Shida). Nana has continuously changed schools due to her father's work. She ...
Plot: realtor, countryside, salesman, father daughter relationship, japanese girl, schoolgirl, japanese schoolgirl, real estate, cycling, wind, legs, school uniform ...
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Kids on the Slope (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two different students—a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent—form a friendship through their love of jazz music.
Style: emotional, light, realistic, captivating, anime
Plot: friendship, jazz, school, love, music, teenager, rivalry, youth, society, asian, childhood friend, love at first sight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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War Eagle, Arkansas (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on a True Story War Eagle, Arkansas is a character-driven drama about a young man’s choice of whether to leave his family and friends for a career in baseball or stay and redeem his struggling community. The story takes place over a few ...
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological
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Haruko Azumi Is Missing (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Haruko Azumi is a 28-years-old woman. She is a single and works at an office. One day, she suddenly disappears on a typical street with retail stores lined up. After her disappearance, her missing person poster is spread across the city.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining
Plot: schoolgirl, missing child, japanese schoolgirl, japanese girl, cat, missing girl, short skirt, girl wearing a miniskirt, mini skirt
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Female Teacher in Black (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story: Takakura Yuko (Eikura Nana) is an ordinary chemistry teacher at a famous government-run preparatory school by day. But at night, she is a super teacher who solves a variety of difficult problems rampant on the school grounds that require more than ...
Style: captivating, psychological
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Place: japan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Mai (Rika Adachi) is a high school student. She attends a new school and there she meets her classmate Shino (Manami Enosawa). Shino was bullied by Mai's friends back in their middle school days. Table have now turned.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological
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Firelight (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sincere ...
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66%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Taiwan
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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