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Made in Japan (1993)
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Original name: 僕らはみんな生きている
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
cowboy from “Tampopo”) who appears to have gone native but actually maintains a cynical detachment from everything around him. As does the movie, which holds Nippon materialism, corrupt military governments and insurgent opportunism in equal contempt. While that keeps the tale emotionally cool, it does give it satirical bite — who wouldn’t laugh at the sight of Japanese suits trying to protect themselves from gunfire by handing out business cards? The attractive pic’s patently insular title will mean plenty in its parochial island base, but it needs to be rethought to move beyond marginal foreign consumption. “Made in Japan” springs to mind.
Style:
witty, lighthearted, buddy comedy, fast paced, cynical
Plot:
negotiation, competitiveness, business, ambition, strategy, business trip, office politics, globalization, urban, satire, bureaucracy, caper, corruption, risk, industrial espionage, political satire, jungle, partisan, female nudity, businessman, kidnapping, betrayal, rescue, helicopter, tropics ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, dark comedy, captivating and semi serious films with plots about satire, urban, ambition, corruption, social commentary, friendship and political satire mostly in Comedy, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Made in Japan: 12 Chairs (2016), The Yen Family (1988), Age of Cannibals (2014), Arlette (2022), The Agent (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Former KGB agent finds out that his mother in law has hidden her treasures in one of chairs. Fast after he starts the search of diamonds and meets an aggressive modern man who helps him in his endeavors all over the place in nowadays Lithuania. Two ...
Style:
buddy comedy, witty, absurd, dark comedy, road movie ...
Plot:
post soviet, kgb, treasure hunt, opportunist, secrets, social commentary, greed, satire, nkvd, deception, caper, anti hero ...
Time:
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Place:
lithuania, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Comedy about a family and their obsession for making money.
Style:
family comedy, ironic, lighthearted, dark comedy, period piece ...
Plot:
satire, social satire, materialism, japanese culture, ambition, slice of life, family business, consumerism, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, brother sister relationship, parent child relationship ...
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91%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Öllers and Niederländer have everything under control. For the past six years, the two successful business consultants have been traveling through some of the seediest countries around the world in order to satisfy their clients greed. They have ...
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, satirical ...
Plot:
greed, money, business, satire, office politics, businessman, counselor, corporate greed, job, power struggle, ambition, absurdism ...
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202
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Approached by the Prime Minister of Quebec to rejuvenate the image of his government, Arlette Saint-Amour becomes, overnight, Minister of Culture. She succeeds by her look and her daring in creating a real buzz around Culture.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, political, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
ambition, publicity stunt, political satire, female protagonist, politics, satire, escapades, political intrigue, prime minister, culture, political unrest, celebrity culture ...
Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Teiichi Akaba is a student at a prestigious private male high school known for producing important politicians and bureaucrats. His dream is to become the prime minster and make his own country. To help achieve his dream, he wants to become elected ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, disturbing, captivating, twisted ...
Plot:
ambition, satire, rivalry, high school, power struggle, campaigning, power politics, campus, high school life, school, rivals, teenage life ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
It's all in a day's work for high-flying literary agent Alexander; manuscripts to read, deals to be done, celebrity clients to be taken out to lunch, but first there is an author to deal with whose latest book the agent thinks is, frankly, ...
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, cynical, twisted, black comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
literary agent, behind the scenes, negotiation, satire, ego, professional rivalry, manipulation, office politics, ambition, urban, celebrity culture, scheming ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
75%
604
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Malcolm is a brilliant, callous businessman who is a vicious, overbearing father. Mark is the sales manager at Chamberlain Auto, the dealership that promises to do "Whatever It Takes" to put you in a new car. But on a scorching hot ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ambition, satire, car salesman, workplace, father son relationship, workplace situations, businessman, co worker co worker relationship, escapades, father and son, family business, employer employee relationship ...
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68%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
New graduates Ohara, Kitamachi and Tachikawa take part in the battle of job-hunting, so as big companies recruiting talents and potentials. Interviews, tests and activities with odd ideas are carried out. Ohara looks successful in getting an offer ...
Style:
situational comedy, sitcom
Plot:
job seeking, social commentary, satire, ambition, friendship, coming of age, office politics, bureaucracy, slice of life, urban, gender roles, unrequited love ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Just as the business which Steve helped create, American Lightsticks, is on the brink of collapse, a huge 'deal' suddenly materializes, and he and his partners are sure that their lives have changed forever. A true-to-life comedy inspired ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, contemplative, situational comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, obsessive quest, friends, best friend, partner, down on your luck, betrayal, buddies, business, corporate world, financial crisis, office ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
After tracing an artifact to his ancestry, a young man and his friend's search for a gilded statue lands them in a maximum-security prison.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, semi serious, thrilling, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, satire, treasure, escapades, treasure hunter, relic, adventurer, friends, relic hunter, hidden treasure, friendship, male friendship ...
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63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Andrey is a young and successful executive at a creative advertising agency in Moscow. That day he smokes a whole pack of cigarettes. Each cigarette is the beginning of a storm of circumstances and conflicts around him increasingly fiercer. His ...
Style:
satirical, disturbing, semi serious, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, life, smoking, businessman, threat, satire, urban, escalation, danger, advertising, corporate world, boss ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
َAbbas and Hassan Got out of prison Afrer 5 years and go to Atta, Atta Has gotten out coma recently and back to normal life, These three friends got together again and looking for a legit job but things don't workout as they hope...
Style:
buddy comedy, crime drama, lighthearted, satirical, fast paced ...
Plot:
redemption, friendship, criminal gang, crime spree, criminal underworld, urban, social commentary, moral ambiguity, dark humor, unhappiness, loyalty, realism ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
persia, tehran, iran
Similarity:
57%
810
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Octave Parango, the former concept creator/editor of 99 francs has become a model scout in Moscow. This cynical hedonist leads a very pleasant life in the arms of young Russian models and in the private jets of his oligarch friends... until the day ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, cynical, dark comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
media, satire, modeling, model, empire fashion, talent agent, workplace intrigue, scandal, haute couture, fashion, scout, employment agency ...
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, captivating, situational comedy, sitcom ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, sex comedy, biting, cynical, dark comedy ...
Plot:
nudity, satire, revenge, infidelity, social commentary, sculpture, corporate greed, farce, lesbian, manipulation, heiress, scandal ...
Time:
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54%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Two petty gangsters get ransomed by a group of Yakuza members, fortunately they are rescued by a kindly Kindergarten teacher.
Style:
suspense, tension, fast paced, noir, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Hapless gangsters are hired by the yakuza to tail his daughter. Once the identity of the boy she's dating has been unveiled, the boss offers a reward for his capture.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, satirical, fast paced, dark comedy ...
Plot:
yakuza, gangster, organized crime, violence, mob boss, escape plan, underworld, corruption, betrayal, surveillance, moral ambiguity, power struggle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Ali Senay and Ilber, the two partners of Senay Cüccaciye, sell garden dwarfs. When their company starts to dwindle, they decide to participate in a gardening fair in Sofia with the plan to meet new people from the sector in an attempt to drum up ...
Style:
captivating, light, buddy comedy, action comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
mafia, business, unlikely hero, escapades, corrupt businessman, powerful corporation, corporate conspiracy, teamwork, corporation, showdown, businessman, fight ...
Place:
turkey, balkan, russia, azerbaijan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Since his sensational arrival at the head of the 20 Hours, Cédric Saint Guérande, known as "CSG" is THE favorite presenter of the French. His insolent audiences stoke the jealousy even within La Grande Chaîne which he is the undisputed ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, biting ...
Plot:
ambition, media satire, satire, rivalry, journalist, power struggle, manipulation, media circus, media industry, tv host, competitor, business competition ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, black comedy, spoof, parody, political comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, satire, political satire, ambition, social commentary, greed, irreverent, power struggle, campaigning, power hungry, scheming, anti hero ...
Place:
kannada
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, witty, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
sex, ritual, family relations, funeral, curses spells and rituals, parents and children, family problems, dysfunctional family, clergy, love and romance, couple relations, dark humor ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A country-western singer is recruited to run for the U.S. Senate, and soon clashes with his unscrupulous campaign manager on the tactics to run his political campaign.
Style:
cynical, dark comedy, political, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, election campaign, media manipulation, political corruption, country music, betrayal, conspiracy, labor strike, redneck, nudity, comedy of manners, hillbilly ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Seven years after the incident in Pitta, all from the group leaves the Aegean, and get's to shore... Stavrakomathiakakis - after the mysterious kidnap of his 12 years old Pakistanian protégé Noori - leaves Psiloritis and, following her ...
Style:
satirical, witty, absurd, dark comedy, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, social commentary, irreverent, economic crisis, political corruption, urban, political satire, class conflict, kidnapping, corruption, political campaign ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
athens greece
Similarity:
42%
13K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Five high school students plans to steal University Entrance Exam booklets.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, tension, satirical ...
Plot:
school, cons and scams, youth, exam, high school, student life, save the day, coming of age, heist, heist gone wrong, ambition, social commentary ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A Director calls for an audition and makes a movie out of it by creating conflicts between the artists who attend the audition. First of its kind realistic commercial film in Kannada that has multiple characters and touches upon current social ...
Style:
meta, black comedy, tense, biting, experimental ...
Plot:
filmmaking, casting, audition, conflict, competition, creative process, behind the scenes, satire, social commentary, irreverent, political satire, social issues ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Wannabe director David and his cocky, best-friend Curt set out to spoof all their favorite movies, despite having no money or film training.
Style:
spoof, parody, light hearted, buddy comedy, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, young adult, irreverent, friendship, ambition, competitiveness, coming of age, urban, indiana jones, star wars, film within a film
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Pining for a lavish life abroad, a lazy but lovable guy next door crafts a scam to avoid a career in nursing and find a wealthy spouse to secure a visa.
Style:
entertaining, psychological, disturbing, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
ambition, satire, scam, caper, lifestyle, escapades, cons and scams, social satire, deception, scheming, marriage, anti hero ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
40%
293
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
Shomuni, that's the common name given to General Affairs Section 2 of a trading company. Here are six women who have ended up in this department known as "the dump" for office ladies. But Chinatsu Tsuboi (Makiko Esumi) declares that ...
Style:
comedy drama, witty, feel good, lighthearted
Plot:
workplace, office politics, satire, female empowerment, gender roles, slice of life, office romance, business, friendship, office, japanese woman, office work ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
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