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Ushijima the Loan Shark 3 (2016)
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Original name: 闇金ウシジマくん Part3
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Story:
Sawamura, a contract part-timer dragged into a multi-million yen internet business, and Kamo, an office worker who lavished money on a beautiful club hostess, arrive at Cowcow Finance, the office of black-market lender Ushijima.
Style:
psychological, dark, captivating, satirical, semi serious, tense, realistic, grim, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
office worker, debt, desperation, black market, loan shark, career, office, satire, lifestyle, coworker, workplace, relationship vs career, workplace situations, office work, corruption, organized crime, nightlife, greed, urban, realism, exploitation, moral ambiguity, scam, violent, social commentary ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, captivating, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about satire, urban, corruption, moral ambiguity, revenge, organized crime and survival mostly in Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Ushijima the Loan Shark 3: Yamikin Dogs (2015), Finders Keepers (2017), Under Construction 2 (2014), The Wendy Effect (2015), Saru Lock the Movie (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A classmate from Ushijima's middle school days, Takemoto, shows up. He was a kind man, but now is jobless and without a home. Adrift and unable to borrow money from Ushijima, Takemoto heads for Seiai Home where he can stay while doing work.
Style:
tense, dark drama, satirical, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, debt, loan shark, poverty, desperation, stolen money, satire, bandit, urban setting, money problems, criminal, gang ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
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Story:
Kaoru Ushijima's Kaukau Finance is the lender of last resort for many of the poorest people in the area: He collects without mercy and without fail.
Style:
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Plot:
loan shark, debt collector, black market, debt, social relations, money problems, white trash, humour, social misfits, financial problem, social problems, society ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tadaomy Ando became a yakuza boss at a young age. Because of his subordinate, he quit the yakuza. Now, he learns from Takashi Konaka the trade of illegal money lending and how to collect debts. Tadaomy Ando decides to become a loan shark. He has ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lonnie and Brian go on the run from the Cape Town underworld, after finding a box filled with cash and a valuable wrist watch. They steal a lucky fish that they use to barter with the gangsters.
Style:
satirical, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
criminal, escapades, money, gang, changing lives, bandit, money falling through the air, satire, club, organized crime, underworld, desperation ...
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Ali and Sudi, who received a 10-year imprisonment for embedding many bodies in the backyard of a construction they had previously worked on, were now free after completing their sentences. After the past events, both friends are determined not to ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, satirical, dark ...
Plot:
cover up, problem, corpse, workplace, confronting the past, disposing of a dead body, social satire, criminal, workplace situations, troubled past, satire, hidden corpse ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Saru is a talented young locksmith who unlocks any kind of lock. He is, however, a complete fool when it comes to women. One day a girl Mayumi asks him to open a safe full of stolen money. Knowing nothing about it, Saru takes the money briefcase ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
heist gone wrong, escape, police, locksmith, social satire, robbery, escapades, satire, criminal, escape attempt, heist, safecracking ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
Story:
The journalists at the Onion News Network will do anything to stay at the top of their game. And if they can't find a great story, they'll create one.
Style:
mockumentary, funny, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, news, media satire, journalist, workplace, office worker, workplace situations, office, office work, job, coworker, social commentary ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After the death of this mother, Masao Oneta (Teppei Koike) decides to leave the comfort of his room after years of self isolation and get a job. He lands a position at a small IT firm but doesn't yet realise this company is one of many ...
Style:
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Plot:
burnout, office work, office worker, coworker, social satire, workplace situations, office, company, satire, workplace, job, exploitation ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Plot:
female protagonist, satire, office worker, office, office politics, coworker, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, office work, competitor, workplace, rivalry ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, satirical, semi serious, feel good, motivational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young student hungry for cash engages in the world of shady deals.
Style:
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Plot:
student, corruption, survival, money, underground, desperation, moral ambiguity, street life, urban, risk, greed, betrayal ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, feel good, satirical, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, satirical, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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239
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Mexico
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Spain
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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