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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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Peach Girl (2017)
Plot Summary:
It's not easy being beautiful. The envy, the jealousy, the vicious rumors spread by your best friend. That's life for young Momo. While everyone thinks that Momo is a wild party girl, the reality is that she is shy and lonely. Can Momo confess her love to her classmate, Toji, or will her best friend Sae steal him away. It's a bittersweet drama of growing up and fitting in that will charm readers everywhere.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, touching, captivating, entertaining, manga, shoujo, crying, romantic drama
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My Love Story!! (2015)
Plot Summary:
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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Heroine Disqualified (2015)
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Hatori Matsuzaki (Mirei Kiritani) is a female high school student. She has a crush on her childhood friend Rita Terasaka (Kento Yamazaki) and believes he will eventually choose her as her heroine, but Rita Terasaka begins dating Miho Adachi. Meanwhile, the most popular male student, Kosuke Hiromitsu (Kentaro Sakaguchi) takes an interest in Hatori Matsuzaki.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, shoujo, manga
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Policeman and Me (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kako, a 16-year-old high school girl, goes to a mixer pretending to be 22. While there, she meets Kouta who at first has a very intimidating aura. But once he saves her from an awkward situation, she wants to know more about him as does he. That is until he finds out she isn't 22. The next day Kako runs into him again, but this time he's working as a police officer. Kako still wants to get closer to Kouta, but he isn't interested...or is he?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, light, sincere, touching, captivating, shoujo
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High School Debut (2011)
Plot Summary:
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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Real Girl (2018)
Plot Summary:
Hikaru Tsutsui is a high school student. He enjoys animation and video games in the virtual world, but he doesn't enjoy his real life. People at his school don't even know he exists. One day, he cleans up the pool at his school with beautiful Iroha Ikarashi. Iroha approaches Hikaru and confesses that she likes him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sexy, light, sincere, romantic, touching, humorous, manga, anime, teen comedy
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Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2020)
Plot Summary:
Live action film based on the popular webcomic.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 546
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining, manga, anime
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Drugstore Girl (2003)
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Pharmaceutical student, Keiko witnesses her boyfriend having an affair. Shocked and disappointed, she jumps on a train ("destination anywhere, east or west, she don't care") and ends up in a town named Masao in Tokyo's remote suburbs. There, she gets a part-time job at a newly opened drugstore. What do ya know.. The local shopping district's middle-aged men all fall for the young girl's charms, and they start practicing lacrosse once they have found out that that's her favourite sport.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
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My Life Changed When I Went to a Sex Parlor (2013)
Plot Summary:
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)
Plot Summary:
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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A Hole In My Panty (2011)
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Three aimless kids at a seaside high school have just one goal this summer break: to shed the virgin tag. One day, they rescue a pretty girl named Narumi by chance. Immediately smitten, Narumi makes it the summer to remember for the boys.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sexy
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Ibitsu (2013)
Plot Summary:
High school girl Madoka may look pretty and cute, but there is another side to her. She can exact revenge, land a good punch or a kick and not care about limits. She opts to inflict pain, coerce and blackmail a virgin when she is sensually touched on the train. She begins making his life hell.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: manga
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Sundome (2007)
Plot Summary:
Hideo Aiba (Atsuji Ninomiya) is a reserved and obedient high school student, who has never had any girlfriend. He spends all his energy on masturbating, his true reason for living. His life and his solitary activities will take a radical change when a new transfer student, the sexy Kurumi Sahana (Akane Suzuki), joins his class.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: erotic, humorous, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, manga, sexy, sexual
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Yarukkya Knight (2015)
Plot Summary:
Makoto Gousuke has just transferred to a new high school with the intention of being the toughest kid there. Little does he know that there‘s an entire group of toughs who already rule the school, and they‘re all girls! After being humiliated by their leader, the pretty Misaki Shizuka, he vows revenge and starts a lengthy battle between the sexes at the school.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: ecchi, humorous, light, sexy, feel good, unusual plot structure, entertaining, manga
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One Week Friends (2017)
Plot Summary:
High school student Yuki Hase (Kento Yamazaki) wants to become close with classmate Kaori Fujimiya (Haruna Kawaguchi) who is alway by herself. Kaori Fujimiya refuses to become close with Yuki Hase, because she forgets her friends every new Monday. Even though Kaori tells Yuki why she doesn't want to become friends, Yuki still wants to become close to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sincere, touching, humorous, captivating, disturbing, shoujo, manga, shounen
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Seven Days: Monday - Thursday (2015)
Plot Summary:
Toji Seryo is a popular first year high school student. It's well known that Toji Seryo will date anyone that confesses their affection for him on a Monday, but he will break up with that person by Sunday. Yuzuru Shino is a third year student at the same high school. He looks pretty, but all of his former girlfriends end up dumping him. Yuzuru Shino becomes curious about Toji Seryo. On a whim, half serious & half joking, Yuzuru Shino asks Toji Seryo to date. The film is based on a comic. Part 1 follows Monday to Thursday. Part 2 follows Friday to Sunday.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 612
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, psychological, sexy, humorous, suspense, lgbt cinema, melancholic, contemplative, weird
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L.DK (2014)
Plot Summary:
Aoi Nishimori's parents moved to another city for work, but Aoi didn't want to transfer to a new high school. She stays behind and lives in an apartment by herself. Shusei Kugayama moves in next to Aoi's apartment. Shusei is a very popular student at their high school. Due to a mistake, Aoi makes the sprinkler go off in his room. Until Shusei's room is fixed, he stays with Aoi.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: romantic, shoujo, exciting, sentimental, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, crying
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Ranma ½ (2011)
Plot Summary:
Akane is the youngest of three daughters for Soun Tendo. Her father Soun Tendo runs a dojo for martial arts. Akane hopes to carry on her father's dojo into the distant future. Meanwhile, Akane has been selected to marry Ranma, the son of her father's long time friend Genma. Akane and Ranma's relationship has developed into a love and hate relationship. Also, Ranma isn't your typical boy. While on a training journey Ranma fell into the Spring of the Drowned Girl and now changes into a women whenever cold water is splashed on him. Warm water will allow him to revert back to a male. Problems arise when Akane's father declares that the successor to their dojo must be a male. Now, Akane and Ranma (being a man only half of the time) must find a secret spring that can cure him of his curse.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, light, feel good, humorous, suspense, manga, anime, shounen
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A Boy and His Samurai (2010)
Plot Summary:
A samurai from the Edo Period time travels to present day Japan where he meets a divorcee and her son. Soon, he discovers a passion for making pastries.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, captivating, light, humorous, sweet, sexy, crying
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Beyond the Memories (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also carries a painful experience from his past. When Roku was an elementary school student, a girl who was with him got into an accident and died. Because of that incident, Roku carries a heavy sense of guilt. When they meet, time, frozen since that day, begins to tick again.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, dramatic, talky, shoujo
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You, I Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
Rin, Yuu, Koyomi and Keita are friends in high school who live in the same apartment building. Rin and Yuu like each other, but they don’t tell each other, until Kazuma shows up.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, sentimental, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, romantic
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Mr. Fix It (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lance Valenteen (David Boreanaz) makes a living as "Mr. Fix It," a man who gets hired by men that have just recently been dumped by their girlfriend. Lance dates the guys' ex-girlfriend and becomes the worst date possible, sending the girl back into her ex-boyfriends arms. But when Lance gets hired by Bill Smith (Pat Healy) to get Sophia Fiori (Alana De La Garza) back, Lance, for the first time, starts falling for one of his marks.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Step Up Love Story: Second Kiss (2011)
Plot Summary:
Upon marriage a wife and husband were virgins. They steadily improve their sexual skills day after day. After six months of marriage they are having sex every night. The wife, however, feels things are becoming stale given her husband's lack of new maneuvers in bed. One day the sister-in-law comes to meet her brother's wife and she is having relationship problems with her boyfriend. The sister-in-law insists that the man will get bored if a woman is always available for sex prompting the wife to restrain herself for three weeks.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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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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Finding Mr. Right (2013)
Plot Summary:
Tang Wei plays Jiajia, a young woman in Beijing who lives a luxurious life provided by her wealthy boyfriend. When Jiajia got pregnant, she goes to the United States, hoping that the baby will be born an American citizen. While waiting for the baby’s arrival, Jiajia loses contact with her boyfriend and suddenly finds that she is unable to make end meets. At this point, she meets Frank, played by Wu Xiubo, who offers help and makes her think twice about who her Mr. Right really is.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, exciting, sincere, realistic, semi serious, romantic drama
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You're My Pet (2011)
Plot Summary:
A woman finds a man in a box in front of her home and takes him in. She jokingly says she wants to keep him as her pet since the man reminds her childhood dog. The man agrees. Later the woman discovers that the man is a dance prodigy. Complications arise when her old flame from college appears.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, sincere, feel good, touching, realistic, romantic, sex comedy, anime
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Blue Summer (2018)
Plot Summary:
Rio is a high school student in Tokyo. Her mother tells her she will spend the summer in the countryside. There, she meets Ginzo. He is a high school student and handsome. They fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, humorous, emotional, talky
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Love and Magnets (2004)
Plot Summary:
Back in Montréal after spending five years in Guatemala, Julie moves in with her elder sister, Jeanne, a chronic liar and woman of rather loose sexual morals... Disillusioned with love, Jeanne is nevertheless engaged to Noël. However, Jeanne and Noël lead separate lives, and only communicate by leaving each other messages on the fridge.Everything suddenly becomes very complicated. Jeanne compels Julie to take up with Noël so she can have a fling with a passionate musician. Noël, meanwhile, sets Julie up with Michel -- without Jeanne's knowledge. Julie mixes things up even further. Egged on by her friend Marie-Ève, she alters the contents of the messages on the fridge in an attempt to breathe new life into Jeanne and Noël's relationship. Along the way, she also begins to fall for the seductive Michel. The tables are turned on everyone... In the game of love and truth, illusion leads to betrayal, but love conquers all.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious
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Lovely Complex (2006)
Plot Summary:
Koizumi Risa an unusually tall high school girl, meets the "vertically challenged" young man Otani Atsushi. They find common ground in height anxieties and interests. Risa (Ema Fujisawa), a tall Japanese girl, gets rejected by a boy because she is taller than him. Otani (Teppei Koike), a short Japanese guy, gets rejected by a girl because he is shorter than her. Obviously these two would make the oddest of couples and would never be a good match for each other right? Well love doesn’t always follow such logic as Love Complex shows.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 964
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, romantic, dorama, shoujo
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Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016)
Plot Summary:
Erika Shinohara (Fumi Nikaido) is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to doubt her story and Erika is also running out of lies. Erika then sees a pretty boy on the street and takes his picture discreetly. She later shows his picture to her friends as her boyfriend. The boy in the picture is Kyouya Sata (Kento Yamazaki) and happens to attend the same school as Erika. She tells Kyouya about her situation and asks him to be her pretend boyfriend. Even though Kyouya has a pretty appearance, he has a dark side.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, uplifting, touching, feel good, humorous, sweet, shoujo