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We Were There: True Love (2012)
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We Were There: True Love (2012)
Original name: 僕等がいた 後篇
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: During the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano (Toma Ikuta) transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo due to a family matter. Yano and Nanami (Yuriko Yoshitaka) promised to meet again. A couple of years later, Nanami is busy finding a job, while Yano's friend Takeuchi (Sousuke Takaoka) supports her. in the beginning, Yano and Nanami kept their relationship, even with the long distance between them, but Yano suddenly stops contacting Nanami ...
Style: sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, romantic, shoujo, anime
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: lost love, renewed love, love, teenager, teenage love, relationships, high school sweetheart, teenage girl, love and romance, long distance relationship, parent child relationship, love affair, teenage life, teenage boy, adolescence, looking for love, young love, breaking up with girlfriend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, unfulfilled love, teen romance, couple relations, superhero, love story, train ...
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic, captivating, touching and sentimental films with plots about teenager, love, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, japanese schoolgirl, high school and teenage girl mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like We Were There: True Love: Our Secret Diary (2023), Sprout (2012), Young Hearts (2020), Your eyes tell (2020), Blue Spring Ride (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Our Secret Diary (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Nozomi Kuroda is in the 2nd grade of high school. One day, she finds a letter in a classroom desk. The letter has only the word "like" written on it. The person who wrote the letter is Jun Setoyama. He happens to be the most popular boy at ...
Style: teen, thrilling
Plot: teenage girl, teenage boy, teen romance, teenage love, male female relationship, schoolgirl, adolescence, teenage protagonist, teenage life, japanese schoolgirl, couples, teenager ...
Place: japan
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Sprout (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Story: Miku finds out that the most popular guy at school will be living under the same roof as her for the summer. Will a budding summer romance blossom?
Style: sentimental, disturbing, suspenseful, touching
Audience: teens
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Young Hearts (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Two young neighbors embark on a first love relationship in which they struggle to remain kids amid the complexities of modern adolescence.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, sentimental, touching, romantic comedy
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, new love, love, old friend, best friend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, crush, teenage boy, love and romance, friendship between teens, girlfriend boyfriend relationship, teenage life ...
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Your eyes tell (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A tragic accident lead to Kaori's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. She meets Rui and begins to talk to him. Rui was once a promising kickboxer, but something happened in his past. Kaori's ...
Style: atmospheric, emotional, sincere, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot: japanese girl, true love, sexpot, love, young lovers, lovers, love story, blind woman, japanese woman, love and romance, teenage love, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tokyo, xian
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100%
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We Were There: First Love (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: "We Were There" follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano (Toma Ikuta) & Nanami Takahashi (Yuriko Yoshitaka). During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular boy in school, but can't get over the ...
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, sincere, romantic ...
Plot: cancer patient, teenage love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, separation, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, old friend, sadness, japanese teenager, teenager, love story, superhero, high school ...
Place: japan, tokyo, hokkaido
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Blue Spring Ride (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: When she was a middle school student, Futaba Yoshioka liked Kou Tanaka who was unlike the other boys and quite gentle. Kou Tanaka then moved away and they lost contact. At the end of Futaba Yoshioka's first year as a high school student she ...
Style: shoujo, romantic drama, romantic, touching, light ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, true love, unrequited love, love and romance, reunited friends, teenage love, crush, best friend, high school life, japanese culture, first love, friends in love ...
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Drowning Love (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Natsume Mochizuki works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One day, she meets ...
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Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: couple relations, love and romance, obsession, destiny, love affair, fall in love, love, friendship, couples, promise, life philosophy, youth ...
Place: japan, tokyo
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The Black Devil and the White Prince (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Yū Akahane moves to a dormitory room after her father's transfer from work. She is excited that she will live in the same dorm as Takumi Shirakawa, aka "White Prince." Yet, Haruto Kurosaki, aka "Black Devil", kisses her as ...
Style: sexy, captivating, psychological, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: crush, japanese schoolgirl, love triangle, jealousy, friendship, high school friend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couples, love, student, teenage girl, roommate ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Make a Bow and Kiss (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Based on the comic book by Yakko Kaga
Style: romantic, sweet, captivating, light, crying ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: female bare legs, sexy brunette, japanese teenager, japanese schoolgirl, dating, horny, crush, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, child neglect, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia, east asia
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100%
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Strobe Edge (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Ninako Kinoshita has never been in love until an encounter with the school's most popular boy, Ren Ichinose, leads the two to befriending each other. Ren's patient and kind personality is a far cry from his unapproachable idol status at ...
Style: shoujo, psychological, disturbing, captivating, romantic ...
Plot: love story, japanese teenager, unrequited love, love triangle, schoolgirl, teenage girl, classmate, falling down, teenager, romantic triangle, teenage love, love affair ...
Place: east asia
Similarity:
100%
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Sundome 2 (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A teenage girl transfers to a new high school. She and a boy in the class join the same school club and during one of the activities she confides in him that she was previously a male. Later admitting that the sex change was a lie, she agrees to ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, manga
Plot: sexuality, girl, schoolgirl, teenage life, relationship problems, teenage girl, teenage love, adolescence, teenager, school club, deception, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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100%
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My Teacher (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Hibiki Shimada, a normal 17-year-old high school student, still does not know how to fall in love—although surrounded by love "experts"—until one day she realizes that she's fallen in love with her hot and nice 26-year-old ...
Style: romantic drama, romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teacher student relationship, teenage love, teenage girl, teenager, fall in love, teen romance, love affair, in love, love story, relationship problems, unfulfilled love, love interest ...
Similarity:
100%
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A Stray Goat (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story: High school student Min-sik moves to a rural village with his family. There he meets Ye-joo, a classmate who became a social outcast after her father was accused of murder.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, romantic
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, high school sweetheart, teenage love, social problems, couple relations, adolescence, teenage protagonist, romantic friendship, in love, teen romance, love story, teenage life ...
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Close Range Love (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him.
Style: dorama, romantic drama, melancholic, captivating, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: love story, love, teacher student relationship, male teacher female student affair, high school romance, japanese schoolgirl, schoolgirl, love triangle, teacher student romance, unrequited love, age difference, english teacher ...
Place: east asia, japan
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100%
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Sky Of Love (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: During her freshman year in high school, Mika Tahara (Yui Aragaki) loses her cellular phone, but later finds it in the school library with the help of an unknown caller. Throughout the summer, Mika and the mysterious caller continue to communicate, ...
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Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016)
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Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
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Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
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Time: 2020s, 21st century
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Drawing Closer (2024)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
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Sundome New (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Hideo's a nerd and a virgin, and he's probably going to stay that way. But when a hot new girl joins his class, he falls for her hard.
Style: sincere, disturbing, captivating, manga
Plot: japanese school, japanese schoolgirl, nerd, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, schoolgirl, sexy teenager, boy girl relationship, teenage love, teenager, teenage life, schoolboy, teen romance ...
Similarity:
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You, I Love (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Rin, Yuu, Koyomi and Keita are friends in high school who live in the same apartment building. Rin and Yuu like each other, but they don’t tell each other, until Kazuma shows up.
Style: sexy, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, japanese school, teenage girl, japanese teenager, classmate, high school, shyness, teenager, neighbor, couples, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, east asia
Similarity:
32%
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 ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan
Similarity:
32%
He Won't Kill, She Won't Die (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: When a nihilistic guy crosses paths with a suicidal girl in high school, it marks the beginning of an unusual friendship that might take them both toward healing.
Style: touching, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: relationships, high school, japanese schoolgirl, classmate, suicidal, schoolgirl, friends, social relations, family relations, self destructing, social problems, romantic relationship ...
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The Liar and His Lover (2013)
Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Set within music field, this film depicts a love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student Riko, who posessess a gifted voice. 25-year-old sound engineer Aki is a member of popular band "Crude Play," ...
Style: romantic, light, shoujo, sincere, sentimental
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: love, musician, composer, forbidden love, japanese teenager, impossible love, hidden identity, teenage love, romanticism, teenage life, love and romance, age difference ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
Similarity:
32%
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ReLIFE (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Arata Kaizaki is 27-years-old and unemployed. He quit his prior job after working for the company for 3 months. Arata Kaizaki decides to take part in a research program. He takes medication that makes him look younger and he is to attend high school ...
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Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
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Place: japan
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32%
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Cheerleader (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Cheerleader dives into the mind of a teenager as she tries desperately to win her boyfriend back.
Style: sentimental, suspense, suspenseful, touching, independent film
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: cheerleader, breakup, friendship, high school, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, revenge, jealousy, friendship between boys, friendship between girls, teenage love, sex ...
Time: 80s
Similarity:
32%
Almost a Miracle (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: High school boy Machida is a loner who is not particularly good at his studies or extracurricular activities. He does seem to have his heart in the right place however. When he is injured at school instead of the school nurse at the infirmary a ...
Style: romantic, disturbing, sincere, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teen romance, couple relations, teenage love, classmate classmate relationship, teenager, love interest, classmate, love story, relationships, in love ...
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From Me To You (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Sawako Kuronuma, called Sadako by her classmates for her resemblance to the character from Ring, has always been feared and misunderstood because of her appearance. There are rumors that Sawako can see ghosts and curse people. However, despite her ...
Style: shoujo, romantic drama, sentimental, captivating, sweet ...
Plot: high school crush, feminine wiles, japanese school, high school life, japanese teenager, love, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, school, fall in love, social misfits, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, east asia
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My Little Monster (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Problem student Haru Yoshida sits next to the cold and studious Shizuku Mizutani in class. Without any other friends to turn to, both of them start to get to know each other and grow closer. Haru eventually develop feelings for Shizuku and confesses ...
Style: romantic, touching, sweet, feel good, uplifting ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: high school, youth, love, love affair, fall in love, friendship, destiny, couple relations, couples, love and romance, asian school, schoolgirl ...
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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: sincere, disturbing, captivating, romantic
Plot: teenager, schoolgirl, true love, japanese teenager, first love, village life, teenage girl, school, countryside, love and romance, teenage life, adolescence ...
Place: tokyo
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Nisekoi: False Love (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Raku Ichijo (Kento Nakajima) is an only son and a high school student. His father is the leader of yakuza group Shuei-gumi. Raku Ichijo doesn't like to fight and he studies hard. His dream is to become a public official. One day, he passes the ...
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