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The Garden of Evening Mists (2019)
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The Garden of Evening Mists (2019)
Original name: 夕霧花園
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Malaysia, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A woman seeking a quiet life in post-World War II British Malaya finds love and a common interest in gardening with a mysterious Japanese man.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, period drama
Plot: war, dream, war criminal, life is a bitch, post war, male female relationship, war crime, teacher student relationship, female protagonist, gardening, secret, fight for supremacy, survival, wartime life, love, gardener, mystery
Time: post world war two
Place: malaysia, southeast asia

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A Tale of Three Cities (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
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Time: 1930s
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A Distant Cry from Spring (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Distant Cry from Spring (TV Movies)
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Soulmate (2016)
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Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
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Winter Solstice (2003)
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Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend Horace, and friendships of good neighbors. Tragedy upsets her newfound tranquillity, and she takes ...
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Tainted Love (2019)
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Duration: 120 min.
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Duration: 97 min.
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Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological thriller
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 94 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
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Country: China, France
Duration: 85 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
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