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Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
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Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
Original name: リトル・フォレスト 夏・秋
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 and revels in her new-found connection with food and the elements. Visually luxuriant, this film follows Ichiko through one summer and autumn, as she learns to use and respect the time-honoured wisdom of rural folk and read the cycle of life and connectedness in the environment around her.
Style: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, melancholic, contemplative, visually appealing, epic, aesthetic, comfort
Plot: food, japanese girl, farmer, solitude, mother issues, nature, village life, countryside, slice of life, provincial life, japanese culture, agriculture, chef, mother daughter relationship, life philosophy, changing lives, new life, female protagonist, lifestyle, small town, lifestyle change, small town life, farming, love, loneliness ...
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, sincere and disturbing films with plots about food, restaurant, cooking, chef, slice of life, countryside and asian mostly in Drama, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Little Forest: Summer/Autumn: Little Forest (2018), A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007), Midnight Diner 2 (2016), Sweet Bean (2015), Bread of Happiness (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)
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.
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Plot: food, japanese girl, japanese culture, nature, solitude, abandoned by mother, isolation, society, backpacking, cookery, agriculture, inspiration ...
Place: japan
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Little Forest (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.
Style: sincere, sad, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
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Place: south korea
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A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Based on a popular manga, the film is a tender coming-of-age love story set deep in Japan's countryside. When eighth grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, romantic
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Place: tokyo
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Midnight Diner 2 (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When people finish their day and hurry home, his day starts. His diner is open from midnight to seven in the morning. Pork, miso soup combo, beer, sake and shochu is all that he has on his menu. Nevertheless, he makes whatever his customers request ...
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Place: tokyo
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Sweet Bean (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayaki pastries filled with sweet red bean paste (“an”). When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen he reluctantly accepts. She will soon prove to have magic in her hands…
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Time: year 2015
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Bread of Happiness (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and establish a bakery and café called Mani. One cooks. The other bakes. Everyone walks out happy.
Style: atmospheric, semi serious, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: restaurant, food, hobby, marriage, love, family relations, cooking, revelation, bittersweet, family problems, hospitality, life philosophy ...
Time: 2010s
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Midnight Diner (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the ...
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Letter from the Mountain (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
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Babette's Feast (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The guest, a General at the Swedish court, is not related to the sister, but, as a callow young man, was in love with her, but chose his military career over happiness with her. His aunt is a member of the religious community. He is the one who, ...
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Place: denmark, paris france, europe, stockholm sweden
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Nana (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 68 min.
Story: Nana is 4 years old and lives in a stone house beyond the forest. Back from school, a late afternoon, all she finds is silence in the house. A journey into the darkness of her childhood. The world from her height.
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In the Forests of Siberia (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Fed up with the hectic, senseless world he lives in, Teddy decides to settle down alone in Siberia, in the midst of winter, in a hut by the shore of Lake Baikal. After an initial period of elation in front of the splendor and magic of unspoiled ...
Style: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)
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Call Me Chihiro (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
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Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, social, sexy
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Final Recipe (2013)
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Her Granddaughter (2014)
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Genre: Drama
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
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Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
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Place: japan
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Woman Who Eats (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Story follows the daily lives of 8 women with different backgrounds, including Atsuko Mochitsuki (Kyoko Koizumi), through what they eat and whom they date. --asianwiki
Plot: food, restaurant, pregnancy, materialism, premarital sex, promiscuity, japanese woman, knocked up, easy woman, drunken woman, loose woman, egocentrism ...
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