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White Deer Plain (2017)
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White Deer Plain (2017)
Original name: 白鹿原
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 3825 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the eponymous White Deer Village in Shaanxi Province where the two most important families – Bai and Lu – and their sons have always lived together in peace. But the turmoil leads to a fierce struggle for land ownership. A young woman new to the village soon finds herself caught between the two camps. Director Liu Jin uses the story of these two families as a metaphor for the fate of the Chinese people as first Chinese war lords are overrun by Japanese invaders, then civil war follows hot on the heels of the Second World War and finally the victorious Maoists begin waving their red flags. The drama is based off the novel by Chen Zhong Shi.
Style: psychological, tense, thought provoking, captivating
Plot: war, revolution, japanese culture, society, culture, cultural difference, lifestyle, social relations, culture clash, life philosophy, showdown, chinese civil war
Place: china

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and thought provoking films and TV series with plots about society, lifestyle, social problems, social relations, social issues, chinese history and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres. Some movies like White Deer Plain: The Love of Courtyard (2015), A Lifelong Journey (2022), The Long River (2022), Towards the Republic (2003), Judge of Song Dynasty (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Love of Courtyard (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The nostalgic account of the lives of the Beijing working class residing in the ghetto-ish quad-court from the late 60s to the early 90s. The stories are told around a frank and outspoken factory canteen chef nicknamed "Shazhu" (dumb ...
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Place: china
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A Lifelong Journey (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Style: thought provoking, psychological, captivating, political
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The Long River (2022)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: In the fifteenth year of his reign, Emperor Kang Xi (Luo Jin) was forced to overcome the greatest challenge of his young life when his empire was nearly washed away by the raging current of the Yellow River. Having recently experienced a bout of ...
Style: serious, captivating, exciting, thrilling, tense ...
Plot: disaster, flood, qing dynasty, fight, society, genius, empire, chinese emperor, emperor, catastrophe
Place: china
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Towards the Republic (2003)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Towards the Republic, also known as For the Sake of the Republic and Zou Xiang Gong He, is a Chinese historical television series first broadcast on CCTV in China from April to May 2003. The series is based on events that occurred in China between ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating
Plot: qing dynasty, chinese history, republican era china, society, life, historical event
Place: ancient china, china
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Judge of Song Dynasty (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Stories of a judge who lives in the Song Dynasty of China and familiar with forensic pathology.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
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The Ordinary World (2015)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 40 min.
TV show
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Sakura (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
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Place: japan
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
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Style: thought provoking, captivating
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A series based on the events in the reign of the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: chinese emperor, chinese history, palace intrigue, royalty, politics, power struggle, political intrigue, political unrest, government conspiracy, dynasty, revolution, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 16th century
Place: ancient china
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The final months of Boleyn's life, her struggle with Tudor England's patriarchal society, her desire to secure a future for her daughter, Elizabeth, and the brutal reality of her failure to provide Henry with a male heir.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, historical drama
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The Orphan of Zhao (2013)
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Country: China
TV show
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The Story of Zheng Yang Gate, Part II (2018)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 40 min.
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New World (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
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TV show
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29%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: China
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 7.2
 32
A.L.Zh.I.R (2019)
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Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing
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Time: year 1948
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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