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125 Years Memory (2015)
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125 Years Memory (2015)
Original name: 海難1890
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan, Turkey
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this Japanese-Turkish blockbuster: The sinking of the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul off the Japanese coast in 1890, and the evacuation of Japanese nationals from Iran in 1985. By making this film about friendship and compassion, the initiators intended to contribute to world peace. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's masterpiece was nominated for the Japan Academy Film Prize in ten categories, including Best Film and Best Director, and won the awards for Best Sound Recording and Best Art Direction.
Style: touching, serious, psychological, captivating
Plot: turk, shipwreck, turkish history, tragedy, typhoon, sea disaster, survival, danger, drowning, friendship, compassion, sultan, muslim, friend, ocean, sinking ship, historical event, turkish
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, ottoman empire, turkey, istanbul turkey, iran, constantinople
Keyword: ocean or sea

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Titanic (2012)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 190 min.
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Endless Night (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.
Style: realistic, captivating, touching, serious
Plot: strong man, ambition, performer's life, rise to the top, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, humble, biopic, strongman, world
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Ashes in the Sky (2023)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1945, at the end of World War II, Neus Català returns to France, where she recalls her life under the Nazi yoke.
Style: historical drama, captivating, harsh, bleak, serious
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
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Longitude (2000)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 200 min.
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Plot: inventor, sea, british navy, ocean, against the odds, military life, escapades, danger, sea disaster, sailing, father son relationship, nature ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
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Duration: 95 min.
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