Movies and TV shows like Saki 2016
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Saki (2016)
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Original name: 咲-Saki-
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Miyanaga Saki, a first-year student at Kiyosumi High School, lacks enthusiasm for mahjong and plays it so that it will end with neither a win nor a loss. One day, she is influenced by Haramura Nodoka’s genius mahjong tactics and decides to join the mahjong club. Nodoka is the titleholder of the national junior high school mahjong tournament. Together with Nodoka and the other club members, Saki contends for the title against formidable opponents.
Style:
anime, captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense, emotional, dramatic, inspirational, lighthearted
Plot:
mahjong, high school, high school life, tournament, school club, teenager, school, teenage girl, contest, ambition, japanese schoolgirl, teenage protagonist, japanese woman, japanese girl, friendship, rivalry, strategy, youth, teamwork, mind game, coming of age, underdog, slice of life, high school student, pressure ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, thrilling and emotional films and TV series with plots about high school life, school, high school, friendship, youth, coming of age and slice of life mostly in Drama, Comedy and Sport genres. Some movies like Saki: The Female Teacher in Black (2012), Princess Princess D (2006), Attack No. 1 (2005), Asuka High School March! (2011), Sharp (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, crime drama, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan, mount fuji
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Nao Yoshino is a girl who fails the entrance exams of her target high school. She winds up enrolling in a technical high school called Kenritsu Asuka Kōgyō Kōkō, also known by the nickname "Asukō". Out of the 148 entering freshmen, ...
Style:
captivating, lighthearted
Plot:
high school life, classmate classmate relationship, high school, friendship, school, japanese high school, schoolgirl, teenage girl, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, male camaraderie ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, adolescence, high school life, high school, love triangle, coming of age, schoolboy, children, teenage protagonist, school, teenage life, teenager ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
Haruna Tsubame, an inconspicuous high school girl, is always sensitive to people’s moods and keeps the peace in school. One day, she gets pushed to become the president of the student council by the people around her. Tsubame's encounter with ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, entertaining
Plot:
high school life, schoolgirl, school, teenage life, japanese schoolgirl, speaker, changing lives, female protagonist, leader, teenage girl, teenager, high school friend ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Story:
A story revolving around a debate club that is about to disband, and how its members try to revive it.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
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25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
The fluttering Sakura. Spring – a season of blessing for new encounters. Chizuru Yukimura knocks on the gates of a private academy, which has always been a boys' school. However, as of this year, Hakuō Academy opens its gates to co-education ...
Style:
anime, captivating, tense, romantic, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school life, school, campus, high school, female protagonist, boys' school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fight, showdown, schoolboy, martial arts, schoolgirl ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, motivational, inspirational ...
Plot:
perseverance, determination, teamwork, direction and purpose, sport team, teenage life, athlete's life, ambition, schoolgirl, high school life, teenage girl, ambitious woman ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, inspirational, intense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
High school student Noguchi learns that there isn't a single male softball team in the nearby area. He figures if he starts up a softball team, they are sure thing to go to the national tournament. He then persuades his friend Onitsuka to help ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, motivational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, youth, rivalry, teenage life, ambition, contests and competitions, sport team, friends, buddies, social relations, coming of age, softball ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
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Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school life, adolescence, college, school, youth, grownups, coming of age, teenager, teenage protagonist, schoolboy, mischievous children, teenage life ...
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
A group of “very talented” teenagers sing, dance, and perform their way to the top at the famous Keaton School of the Arts! From the disappointments of failure, to the new friendships and crowning achievements, being a student at Keaton means ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, psychological, disturbing, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, teenager, high school, dance school, school, singing, dance, performance art, adolescence, schoolboy, relationship problems, friends ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan
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Country: Japan
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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japan
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Story:
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Plot:
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
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Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, educational ...
Plot:
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Time:
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japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
high school, school, high school life, relationships, student, teacher, adolescence, youth, coming of age, love and romance, love affair, lifestyle ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic
Plot:
high school, japanese high school, baseball, youth, coming of age, support group, japanese school, problem, japanese girl, relationships, baseball team, schoolboy ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
21%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
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Story:
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Style:
inspirational, disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, comedy drama, dramatic ...
Plot:
cross dressing, high school life, lgbt, high school, lgbtq, school, gay lead character, gay, closeted gay, teacher, school teacher, teachers and students ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
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Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, heartfelt ...
Plot:
friendship, teenager, girlhood, coming of age, best friend, women, female protagonist, adolescence, group of friends, teenage protagonist, lifestyle, teenage life ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Sequel movie to the live-action Saki TV series.
Style:
captivating, sincere, unusual plot structure, tense, contemplative ...
Plot:
mahjong, sexy girl, japanese teenager, teenager, japanese girl, friendship, youth, contests and competitions, friends, escapades, ambition, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Hikuma Koichi was a saxophone player, but he suffers from the after-effects of an accident. Due to that, he turned his back on music. Hikuma Koichi finds hope in the high school brass band. The band consists of problem students. Koichi struggles to ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, light
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
relationships, high school life, college, performance art, young adult, school, coming of age, teenager, teenage life, adolescence, social problems, schoolboy ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Irie plays Hiiragi Haru, a third-year high school student with no real interest in women or higher education, instead choosing to live his life idly. When he notices a first-year student named Harukawa Koto being bullied, he lends her a hand, and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic
Plot:
relationships, bullying, high school, school, love story, teenage love, teen romance, teenager, classmate classmate relationship, classmate, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, adolescence ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, light, realistic, captivating, anime
Plot:
friendship, jazz, school, love, teenager, music, society, rivalry, youth, asian, love at first sight, childhood friend ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
When Kazusa enters high school, she joins the Literature Club, where she leaps from reading innocent fiction to diving into the literary classics. But these novels are a bit more...adult than she was prepared for. Between euphemisms like fresh dewy ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy
Plot:
japanese schoolgirl, friendship, literature, slice of life, high school life, teenager, school club, teenage girl, schoolgirl, romantic relationship, japanese teenager, sex education ...
Similarity:
20%
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