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Plot Summary:
Satoshi, who is a high school junior, is doing something against the rules. He is forming a band. Joining him is Rin. They nonetheless perform at the school's cultural festival live in front of their fellow students. There is a mishap and Satoshi travels back in time to the moment when he met Rin.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
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Silent (2022)
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Aoba Tsumugi was a second year high school student when she heard the voice of a male student during a morning assembly and was attracted to it. The male student was Sakura Sou, who was reading an essay on stage. In the third grade, Tsumugi and Sou were in the same class and slowly started dating. Their relationship deepened through their shared hobbies in music but Sou suddenly left Tsumugi and disappeared one day after their graduation. Eight years have passed since then and Tsumugi has started a new life until she happened to see Sou in the crowd. She later finds out that Sou is suffering from sensorineural hearing loss, a condition that gradually makes people deaf and Sou has almost lost his hearing. This is a sad but warm love story between two who meet again in a world without sound.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: non-linear
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation (2016)
Plot Summary:
Izumi Hoshi (Kanna Hashimoto) is senior in high school, but she led a small yakuza group in her past. After killing her uncle's murderer with a machine gun, her yakuza group disbanded. Izumi now lives an ordinary life as a high school student and works as a manager at a cafe. A dangerous situation soon awaits for Izumi.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Action, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Mustard Chocolate (2017)
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Tsugumi Rinko can't wait to escape the tedium of high school for the challenges and rewards that accompany life at a fine arts college. She only has two problems: 1) She has few social skills and fewer friends. 2) With less than nine months remaining before her crucial admissions test, she has no practical art experience.
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Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Anonymous Noise (2017)
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Every day, a young girl wearing a mask stands by the beach and sings a nostalgic melody. After experiencing two sudden heart-wrenching partings when she was only a child, Nino Arisugawa has been singing her songs to the ocean, bound by a promise made with her two childhood friends—her first love, Momo Sakaki, and a boy who composed music, Kanade "Yuzu" Yuzuriha. Having never met each other, the boys both individually promised that if Nino was ever separated from them, her voice would be the beacon to reunite them once again.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
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Virgin Snow (2007)
Plot Summary:
Min is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. Min falls in love at first sight and finds out that Nanae attends the school to which he has just transferred. Their friendship develops fast despite their cultural and language difference. When Min's grandmother falls ill, Min returns to Korea and Nanae is nowhere to be found. Had his true feelings for Nanae not been apparent to her? Why has Nanae disappeared without a word?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, romantic, sweet, romantic comedy, touching, serious
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The Curtain Rises (2015)
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Saori (Kanako Momota) is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school. Yoshioka (Haru Kuroki) begins to work at the same high school as a new teacher. Yoshioka performed in plays when she was in college back in Tokyo. Saori, Yukko (Shiori Tamai), Garuru (Reni Takagi), Nakanishi (Momoka Ariyasu), Akemi (Ayaka Sasaki) decides to compete in a play competition. Their goal is to make it through the regional competions, but Teacher Yoshioka tells them their aiming low and that they should think about the national competition.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
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Last Letter (2020)
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It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, adaptation directed by original author
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Yell for the Blue Sky (2016)
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As a child, Ono Tsubasa saw a Shirato baseball game on TV and was amazed at the Trumpet player in the band playing. Now, in order to play the Trumpet, she enters Shirato High School. There, she meets Yamada Daisuke, a catcher for the baseball team. With each others support, they go towards their dream of playing at Koushien.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: shoujo
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Demon Covered in Scars (2017)
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Mai (Rika Adachi) is a high school student. She attends a new school and there she meets her classmate Shino (Manami Enosawa). Shino was bullied by Mai's friends back in their middle school days. Table have now turned.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating
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Forget Me Not (2015)
Plot Summary:
Takashi Hayama (Nijiro Murakami) is a third year high school student. He falls in love with Azusa Oribe (Akari Hayami) at first sight and they begin to date. One day, Azusa tells Takashi "people who meet me, forget about me several hours later." Takashi doesn't believe Azusa, but by chance he realizes that he forgot about Azusa. So he won't forget Azusa, Takashi begins to leave a note for himself and Azusa.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, stylized, semi serious, teen
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Little Nights, Little Love (2019)
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Sato is 27-year-old single man. He is waiting for a dramatic moment in his life that will lead to love. He works at a market research company. One day, he asks random passersby in front of Sendai Station to fill out a questionnaire. He has a hard time finding willing participants. A woman in a black suit agrees to answer the questionnaire. Sato sees the letter "shampu" on her hand...is this fate? --asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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My Love Story!! (2015)
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Takeo Goda (Ryohei Suzuki) is a high school student 2 m tall and weighting more than 100 kg. He has a righteous character. The male students adore him, but female students do not like him. All of the girls Takeo likes prefer his handsome friend Makoto Sunakawa (Kentaro Sakaguchi). One day, Takeo saves female high school student Rinko Yamato (Mei Nagano) from a pervert on train. Takeo falls in love with her at first sight. He feels Rinko likes Makoto, but Makoto isn't the one she likes. Takeo struggles to liaise between Rinko and Makoto.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 768
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: shoujo, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, anime
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High School Debut (2011)
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Based on the best selling manga, Haruna Nagashima (Ito Ono) devoted herself to softball while in middle school. Now that she is in high school, Haruna believes its time find a boyfriend. Unfortunately for Haruna, she didn't pay attention to trends and is now clueless on how to attract a boy. Through a fortuitous event, Haruna encounters popular upperclassman You Komiyama (Junpei Mizobata) Haruna asks You to teach her how to become attractive to boys. You agrees but with one catch. She can't fall in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 631
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sweet, sincere, captivating, dorama, shoujo, crying, cute, unusual plot structure
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My Life Changed When I Went to a Sex Parlor (2013)
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Live action film adaptation of a romance that was turned into a book after making a splash on the Internet bulletin board “2 Channel.” Humorously depicts a 29-year-old virgin who meets a prostitute, and struggles with love. Directed by Iizuka Ken of Arakawa Under the Bridge.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, sincere, romantic, touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sex comedy
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Sayaka: The Cute & Careless Girl (2009)
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Sayaka has the perfect body, but is clueless about boys. It is her dream to seduce the most popular boy in school.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, entertaining, teen sex comedy
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You Are the Apple of My Eye (2018)
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Kosuke Mizushima (Yuki Yamada) is a high school student at a provincial city and enjoys a comfortable life. One day, due to Kosuke Mizushima's excessive joke, his class is interrupted. The teacher gets upset and makes model student Mai Hayase (Asuka Saito) keep an eye on Kosuke Mizushima. Kosuke Mizushima and his 4 friends all had crushes on Mai when they were in middle school. Due to a small incident, Kosuke Mizushima and Mai Hayase get close. --asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags:
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Honey (2018)
Plot Summary:
Nao is normally shy at school. It is a surprise when Taiga propositions her for a date and eventual marriage. Nao means to say 'no,' but says 'yes' instead not knowing how to reject such a proposal. Taiga has always come across a scary and larger-than-life. They should not have judged a book by its cover though.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 391
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, light, captivating, crying
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My Rainy Days (2009)
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Because of her past, 17-year-old Rio lives her days filling the emptiness in her heart with money--until one day, she meets a university professor named Kouki and falls in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, captivating, shoujo, anime, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Your Lie in April (2016)
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Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. He then meets Miyazono Kaori through childhood friend Sawabe Tsubaki. Kaori plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kousei is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, shounen
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Marmalade Boy (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two sets of parents divorce and marry each other, while their children Miki and Yuu are caught in the middle and start falling for each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, suspense, contemplative, manga, romantic, unusual plot structure, weird
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We Were There: True Love (2012)
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During the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano (Toma Ikuta) transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo due to a family matter. Yano and Nanami (Yuriko Yoshitaka) promised to meet again. A couple of years later, Nanami is busy finding a job, while Yano's friend Takeuchi (Sousuke Takaoka) supports her. in the beginning, Yano and Nanami kept their relationship, even with the long distance between them, but Yano suddenly stops contacting Nanami.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, romantic, shoujo, anime
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L♡DK: Two Loves Under One Roof (2019)
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Aoi Nishimori and Shusei Kugayama are in love and they begin to live together secretly. Suddenly, Shusei's cousin Reon Kugayama comes to them. Their secret is discovered by Reon. Now, Aoi, Shusei and Reon begin to live together.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, sincere, romantic, touching, sweet, captivating, emotional, disturbing
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The Black Devil and the White Prince (2016)
Plot Summary:
Yū Akahane moves to a dormitory room after her father's transfer from work. She is excited that she will live in the same dorm as Takumi Shirakawa, aka "White Prince." Yet, Haruto Kurosaki, aka "Black Devil", kisses her as punishment for going against him. It is Yū Akahane's first kiss. Since then, she becomes obedient to Haruto Kurosaki.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 966
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, sincere, contemplative, sexy, crying, rough, hot
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Sundome 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl transfers to a new high school. She and a boy in the class join the same school club and during one of the activities she confides in him that she was previously a male. Later admitting that the sex change was a lie, she agrees to date him as a form of apology. On their first date, however, he finds himself handcuffed by her class-mate.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, manga
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Sundome New (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hideo's a nerd and a virgin, and he's probably going to stay that way. But when a hot new girl joins his class, he falls for her hard.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing, manga
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Close Range Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating, melancholic, sincere, bleak, disturbing, shoujo, romantic drama
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Up to You (2018)
Plot Summary:
Meguro, who works for the advertising design company, even with the marriage contract, is still in constant rendezvous with the fascinating wife Miyin. On one day, the client who was the head of an advertising agency came to visit Meguro. The original Shanwei was Mings husband. Shanwei tells Meguro that if she does not want to lose her social status because of her unrequited love, she will continue to communicate with Ming and teach her well.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sensual
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Love Strikes! (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto (Mirai Moriyama) doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, Yukiyo experiences "moteki" - a period when a man becomes suddenly popular with woman. Cute magazine editor Miyuki (Masami Nagasawa), pure and naive office worker Rumiko (Kumiko Aso), beautiful shop assistant Ai (Riisa Naka) and beautiful, but tough co-worker named Motoko (Yoko Maki) all become interested in Yukiyo. He tries to calm down, but is shaken by the interests of these women.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, psychological, light, sincere, feel good, manga, seinen
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His Girlfriend (2015)
Plot Summary:
Teen romance is complicated for a boy who's secretly in love with a college girl but who's also captured the heart of a high school freshman.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Tsumugi (2004)
Plot Summary:
Tsumugi, a girl with a crush on her teacher, discovers that the teacher is having an affair with another teacher. Complications ensue after Tsumugi manages to attract her teacher, but then begins falling for a fellow student.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy