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Fly Me To The Saitama (2019)
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Fly Me To The Saitama (2019)
Original name: 翔んで埼玉
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: People from Saitama Prefecture are persecuted and, because of this, they hide the fact that they are from there. In Tokyo, Momomi Hakuhodo (Fumi Nikaido) is a male high school student and the son of the Tokyo governor. Physically, Momomi Hakuhodo looks like a girl. One day, he meets mysterious male transfer student Rei Asami (Gackt). They are attracted to each other, but Rei Asami is from Saitama Prefecture. --asianwiki
Style: humorous, captivating, disturbing
Plot: discrimination, student, japanese school, revolution, class differences, classism, class conflict, school, high society, revolutionary, society, social problems, social activist, civil rights, social class, love, japanese police, horse, train, police, motorcycle, map, betrayal, excavation, father daughter relationship ...
Place: tokyo, japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, humorous, disturbing and psychological films with plots about japanese schoolgirl, high school, school, friendship, love, teenager and japanese girl mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Fly Me To The Saitama: You, I Love (2018), One Week Friends (2017), River's Edge (2018), I Don't Have Many Friends (2014), Honey & Clover (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, touching, sentimental, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, japanese school, teenage girl, shyness, high school, classmate, japanese teenager, teenager, neighbor, couples, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, east asia
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One Week Friends (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: High school student Yuki Hase (Kento Yamazaki) wants to become close with classmate Kaori Fujimiya (Haruna Kawaguchi) who is alway by herself. Kaori Fujimiya refuses to become close with Yuki Hase, because she forgets her friends every new Monday. ...
Style: romantic, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: classmate, friendship, classmate classmate relationship, love affair, couples, fall in love, love, destiny, youth, hopes, love and romance, couple relations ...
Place: japan
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River's Edge (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Haruna Wakagusa is a high school student who lives with her mother. Ichiro Yamada is gay and Haruna’s classmate. He is bullied at school, but Haruna sticks up for Ichiro. They become intimate and Ichiro tells Haruna his secret. He found a dead ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Plot: high school student, bullying, classmate, closeted homosexual, japanese schoolgirl, life is a bitch, social problems, gay, lgbt, high school life, secret, asian ...
Place: japan, tokyo
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The Guide to the Perfect Family (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A couple in Québec deals with the pitfalls, pressure and high expectations of raising kids in a society obsessed with success and social media image.
Style: captivating, psychological, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids
Plot: parenthood, mother son relationship, school, parents and children, social network, social criticism, mother daughter relationship, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, social problems ...
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I Don't Have Many Friends (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Second year high school student Kodaka Hasegawa has transferred to his new school about a month ago, but he still hasn't made any friends. Kodaka Hasegawa was born from a Japanese father and a British mother. Because of his appearance, people ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, friends, society, youth, teenage love, social misfits, physical appearance, self discovery, love and romance, social relations, teenage life, high school life
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Honey & Clover (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.
Style: realistic, touching, sweet, captivating, manga ...
Plot: love triangle, self discovery, couples, coming of age, lifestyle, youth, college, love, friendship, asian, superhero, introvert ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tokyo, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Zamfir's Zona (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Zona Zamfirova is set in the eastern Serbian city of Niš in the 19th century. The plot follows the story of Zona Zamfirova, a local rich man's daughter, and the vicissitudes of her affair with Mane, an ordinary goldsmith. As it was undesirable ...
Style: captivating, humorous, disturbing
Plot: father daughter relationship, love, class differences, rich and poor, male female relationship, society, couples, tragic love, love affair, love story, relationship problems, conspiracy ...
Place: serbia
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Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days then decide either to ‘execute’ or ‘pass over’. Today, again, in the rain, he waits. His subject, her death due in seven days, ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, stylized, offbeat
Plot: supernatural, angel, betrayal, hopes, workplace situations, gangster, dystopian future, inventions and discoveries, adolescence vs adulthood, asian, wuxia, child as adult ...
Place: japan
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Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Erika Shinohara (Fumi Nikaido) is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to ...
Style: romantic, touching, sweet, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: japanese girl, love, relationships, fall in love, male female relationship, couple relations, escapades, love and romance, teenager, couples, youth, friendship ...
Place: japan
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81%
Hentai Kamen: The Abnormal Crisis (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke (Ryohei Suzuki) still wears Aiko Completo's (Fumika Shimizu) panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. ...
Style: humorous, parody, absurd, not serious, surreal ...
Plot: superhero, superpower, heroes, pervert, good versus evil, coach, murder, rivalry, escapades, karate, teacher, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High (2017)
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: captivating, disturbing, satirical, semi serious
Plot: high school life, school, competitor, school class, teenage life, rivals, rivalry, teenager, satire, ambition, schoolboy, high school ...
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Orange (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Naho Takamiya is a 2nd year high school student. During the spring, Naho Takamiya receives a letter sent by herself from 10 years in the future. In the letter, she liked transfer student Kakeru Naruse. Kakeru Naruse carried emotional scars from his ...
Style: sexy, shoujo, romantic, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: japanese girl, dating, teacher, high school crush, japanese school, student, teenage girl, boy girl relationship, high school, friendship, husband wife relationship, horny ...
Place: japan
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It's a Summer Film! (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Barefoot and her friends decide to make a samurai movie, gather a unique cast and staff for the production, and try to screen it at their school festival.
Style: entertaining, disturbing, satirical, captivating, psychotronic ...
Plot: filmmaking, schoolgirl, time traveler, friendship, friends, group of friends, time paradox, teenage life, satire, teenager, samurai, summer ...
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Gokusen: The Movie (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. Current and former Class 3D students collide in this ...
Style: anime, humorous, captivating, funny, entertaining
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: semi serious, humorous, atmospheric, road movie, mind bending ...
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Seto and Utsumi (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Utsumi and Seto's daily routine is to spend their afterschool hours just jabbering with one another along a riverbed. Getting excited over trivial word play, agonizing over the content of an email to be sent to a girl, and, at times, talking ...
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Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
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Style: anime, tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
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Place: japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
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Style: entertaining, satirical, captivating, disturbing, sweet
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Bunny Drop (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
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Dosukoi! Love (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, semi serious, satirical
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
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Style: satirical, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, sweet
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Place: japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
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Style: captivating, funny, humorous, entertaining
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Place: tokyo, japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining
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Place: japan
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Thermae Romae (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa that leads him to a modern Japanese bath house. Inspired by the innovations found there, he creates ...
Style: humorous, not serious, manga, offbeat, weird
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Confessions of an Invisible Girl (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: captivating, sincere, humorous, disturbing
Audience: teens
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
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