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Bakuman (2015)
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Original name: バクマン。
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Moritaka Mashiro (Takeru Satoh) doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a girl at school. The girl, who hopes to become a voice actress, tells Moritaka they can marry, but only after they both achieve their dreams. Moritaka then teams up with fellow classmate Akito Takagi (Ryunosuke Kamiki) to publish their first manga.
Style:
satirical, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, stylized, anime, manga
Plot:
friendship, art, drawing, teenager, painter, relationships, youth, father daughter relationship, teenage life, ambition, satire, couple relations, superhero, rivalry, coming of age, comic book, live action
Place:
japan, tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, semi serious and feel good films with plots about satire, friendship, teenager, youth, teenage life, high school life and coming of age mostly in Comedy, Drama and Music genres. Some movies like Bakuman: Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009), Blue Flame (2014), Chihayafuru Part 2 (2016), Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010), Good But Not Great (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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satirical, semi serious, disturbing, captivating, twisted ...
Plot:
ambition, satire, rivalry, high school, power struggle, campaigning, power politics, campus, high school life, school, rivals, teenage life ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 40 min.
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Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, satirical ...
Plot:
publisher, school, ambition, satire, schoolboy, painter, self doubt, writers, artists' life, college student, university, autobiography ...
Time:
80s
Place:
osaka japan, japan
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
relationships, male female relationship, love affair, police detective, police, police officer, satire, misadventure, police station, adaptation, families, buddy cop ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, anime, shoujo
Plot:
japanese girl, japanese schoolgirl, teenager, teenage life, relationship problems, rivalry, relationships, championship, contest, competitor, game, friendship ...
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82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Nodame and Chiaki mutually decide that it would be for the best if they parted ways for a while so Nodame can practice for an upcoming competition. However, when things don’t go her way, she gets impatient and depressed. While Nodame is away, ...
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, captivating, romantic, shoujo ...
Plot:
musician, relationship vs career, love interest, couples, male female relationship, musician's life, relationships, couple relations, music, social climber, love story, love affair ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, light, humorous, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
teenager, friendship, family relations, teenage life, coming of age, father daughter relationship, relationships, friends, family problems, father and daughter, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other after a silly mistake. Meanwhile, the local high school principal has mysterious powers of his own that trump those of the two rival clans. How did this ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
magic, family secret, teenager, satire, youth, supernatural, power, family feud, relationship problems, teenage protagonist, adolescence, teenage life ...
Place:
japan
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73%
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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, entertaining, funny
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two different students—a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent—form a friendship through their love of jazz music.
Style:
emotional, light, realistic, captivating, anime
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, touching, uplifting, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
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Plot:
japanese girl, sex, love, japanese high school, love and romance, fall in love, couples, escapades, couple relations, male female relationship, teenage life, love affair ...
Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
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Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
high school, high school student, friendship, japanese high school, school, high school life, juvenile delinquency, youth, satire, schoolboy, teenager, school bully ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, disturbing, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Plot:
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japan
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123
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Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic comedy, lighthearted, semi serious, romantic, satirical ...
Plot:
love story, male female relationship, relationships, romantic relationship, couples, girl next door, satire, couple relations, love affair, love and romance, love interest, coming of age ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 30 min.
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Plot:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
light, funny, feel good, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
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Style:
feel good, captivating, satirical, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, feel good, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Place:
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63%
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