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Vivant (2023)
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Original name: VIVANT
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Yusuke Nogi of Ryosho's Energy Development Division said that 10 times the official down payment was mistakenly sent to GFL, a local infrastructure company involved in a solar energy plant to be built in the Balkan Republic in Central Asia. Suspected of involvement, he heads to the Balkan Republic to collect the difference of $90 million. With the cooperation of his CIA friend Sam, Nogi obtained information that the terrorist al-Zaer had laundered the full amount of the contract money into diamonds and brought it out.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspense, intense, twisted, fast paced, political drama
Plot:
money laundering, conspiracy, corruption, espionage, money, investigation, crime investigation, betrayal, diamonds, danger, man on a mission, terrorism, undercover, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, survival, heist, desert, stranded, rescue, remote village, secret society, office, political conspiracy, industrial espionage ...
Place:
japan, mongolia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspense and dark films and TV series with plots about investigation, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, betrayal, corruption, revenge and cat and mouse mostly in Drama and War genres. Some movies like Vivant: Homeland Guardian (2025), New Face (2020), Kumokiri Nizaemon (2013), Anti-Terrorism Investigators (2009), Kaitō Royale (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Place:
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Country: China
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Country: Japan
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Audience:
adult
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Duration: 53 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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79%
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Country: Japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
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60
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 55 min.
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Country: Japan
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Country: Poland
Duration: 44 min.
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Country: Japan
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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Time:
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Place:
japan
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Country: Japan
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Time:
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Country: India
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Country: Japan
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Country: Japan
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Place:
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Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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