Movies like Kanazawa Shutter Girl

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Kanazawa Shutter Girl (2018)
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Kanazawa Shutter Girl (2018)
Original name: 金沢シャッターガール
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 memories, nostalgia and yearning. This is the story of a sixteen-year-old girl and also a camera. Kanazawa Shutter Girl picks up inspiration from the manga, and the subsequent movie, called Tokyo Shutter Girl and is helmed by one of its predecessor's's directors.
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Audience: family outing
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, schoolgirl, high school, social problems, socially awkward, teenager, teenage girl, teenage life, social issues, football, school, nature, teacher, beach, golf, pretty girl, photograph, girl, ice cream, skirt, photography, legs, short skirt, long hair ...

Most similar movies to Kanazawa Shutter Girl

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and sincere films with plots about teenager, schoolgirl, teenage girl, japanese schoolgirl, mini skirt, teenage life and short skirt mostly in Drama, Family and Romance genres. Some movies like Kanazawa Shutter Girl: Demon Covered in Scars (2017), Girl's Step (2015), Sundome 2 (2008), Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets (2017), Drucker in the Dug-Out (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Demon Covered in Scars (2017)
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
Plot: bullying, bully, japanese schoolgirl, schoolgirl, new friend, adolescence, school, teenage life, teenager, life is a bitch, social problems, new student ...
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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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Girl's Step (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Azusa (Anna Ishii) and Narumi (Fuka Koshiba) are 2nd grade high school students. They lack confidence and also any kind of ambitions. Hazuki (Karin Ono), Tamaki (Mika Akizuki) and Mika (Miku Uehara) are also unnoticed students at the same high ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, entertaining, funny
Audience: family outing
Plot: cheerleader, dancing, schoolgirl, teenager, japanese teenager, self doubt, shy girl, lifestyle change, shyness, friendship between girls, uncertainty, japanese girl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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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, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, deception, adolescence, teenager, teenage love, relationship problems, school club ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Energy-conservative high school student Houtarou Oreki ends up with more than he bargained for when he signs up for the Classics Club at his sister's behest—especially when he realizes how deep-rooted the club's history really is. ...
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, anime
Plot: school, brother sister relationship, siblings, teenage life, school club, literature, secret, uncover truth, schoolboy, teenager, brother, schoolgirl ...
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Drucker in the Dug-Out (2011)
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 ...
Style: captivating, sincere, uplifting, psychological
Plot: baseball, school, japanese schoolgirl, contests and competitions, sport team, rivalry, manager, disability, society, friendship, human spirit, japanese girl ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
The Witch of the West Is Dead (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A 13-year-old girl named Mai refuses to go to school due to her asthma. Her parents send her to to stay with her British grandmother in the countryside. Thinking her grandmother is a witch, Mai asks for witch lessons. Her grandmother plays along, ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Brightest Roof in the Universe (2020)
Genre: Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 14 year-old schoolgirl Tsubame is into university student Toru. She sees him in her area and really wants to be his. She struggles with how to inform him of her love. Then her stepmother becomes pregnant and she is distracted with that development. ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Audience: family outing
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, teenage girl, relationships, family relations, teenage life, family problems, kids and family, relationship problems, life, dysfunctional family, teenager, pretty girl ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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About the Pink Sky (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: High school student Izumi Kawashima, whose daily routine is rating newspaper articles, finds a wallet containing a large sum of cash. Instead of returning the wallet to its owner, Izumi decides to lend a substantial portion of the money to a ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, offbeat ...
Plot: high school, best friend, social relations, youth, high school life, teenage life, friends, moral dilemma, photographer, teenager, journalism, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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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: captivating, disturbing, sincere, manga
Plot: japanese school, schoolgirl, nerd, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, japanese schoolgirl, sexy teenager, boy girl relationship, teenage love, teenager, new student, high school life, fall in love ...
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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
Plot: schoolgirl, teenager, first love, japanese teenager, village life, true love, school, countryside, teenage girl, teenage life, love and romance, couple relations ...
Place: tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Hello, Goodbye (2016)
Genre: Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to helping an elderly woman, they're forced to interact, confronting their differences and ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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100% Coco (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 13 year old Coco loves fashion and has her own unique style. She dreams of becoming a famous fashion icon. But on her first day of school she is made fun of and everyone calls her 'Coco the Clown'. Devastated, she decides to leave her ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: fashion, lifestyle, teenager, high school life, adolescence, teenage girl, ambition, schoolgirl, blogger, school, social problems, teenage life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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 ...
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Style: touching, realistic, sincere, captivating, independent film ...
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67%
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