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Flavors of Youth (2018)
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Original name: 肆式青春
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Three different stories of youth set in different cities of China. 1 Shanghai Love. 2 Sunny Breakfast. 3 Small Fashion Show. Directed by Zhenxing Yi, the plot revolves around a young man working in Beijing. He used to live with his grandma in his less developed hometown Hunan. While he is drown in his childhood reminiscence, he receives an unexpected call – Grandma is in critical condition.
Style:
anime, adult animation, light, manga, psychological, atmospheric, uplifting, sweet, captivating, scenic ...
Plot:
friendship, dream, food, coming of age, love, life, model, family relations, teenage boy, summer, society, multiple storylines, everyday life, lifestyle, passion, working life, fashion, youth, career, job, teenage girl, family life, sexy woman, airport, nostalgia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, china, shanghai
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, touching, sentimental and manga films with plots about friendship, love, coming of age, school, high school, teenager and youth mostly in Animation, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Flavors of Youth: 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007), The Garden of Words (2013), Only Yesterday (1991), Wolf Children (2012), Whisper of the Heart (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Country: Japan
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