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Plot Summary:
Shino Umemiya readily dates guys interested in her, because she believes that's better than being alone. She breaks up with her violent boyfriend after he discovered that she cheated on him. She moves to a new area to get a fresh new start on her life. There, Shino Umemiya meets her neighbor Kyoshiro Sugahara. He is also her manager at her new job. Shino Umemiya becomes interested in him, but he lives with mysterious woman Akari.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: exciting, romantic, captivating, disturbing, manga, talky, intense, crying
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My Long Awaited Love Story (2016)
Plot Summary:
Riko is 27, working as a love simulation game designer, and she no longer has big expectations for a man in her life. One day app company TIMEIS, lead by Soichiro, hires her to work on their latest game.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, romantic drama
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Tokyo Fiancée (2014)
Plot Summary:
A Japanophile young Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student, in this charming and tender tale of young love and cultural discovery.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France, Canada, Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, intercultural
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Radiance (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a lazy eye, and Misako who disconnects from the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sincere, art house, sentimental, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama, crying
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Love and Lies (2017)
Plot Summary:
The Japanese government carries out a program to increase the birth rate in the country. Their program analyzes gene information from its residents and selects a marriage partner for them. Aoi Nisaka is a high school student. She is in a love triangle with childhood friend Yuto Shiba and Sosuke Takachiho. Sosuke Takachiho is appointed by the government to become her husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, romantic drama, cute, sweet
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Clover (2014)
Plot Summary:
Saya Suzuki (Emi Takei) is an ordinary employee working at a hotel. She falls in love with her elite boss Susumu Tsuge (Tadayoshi Okura). Through their romance, Saya Suzuki grows as a person.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, shoujo, entertaining
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Rainbow Song (2006)
Plot Summary:
Tomoya Kishida (Hayato Ichihara) is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato (Juri Ueno). This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their university film club, to saying their last goodbyes. Though in love with each other, neither had the courage to confess their feelings before it was too late.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, touching, feel good, sweet, captivating, entertaining, sad, romantic drama, crying
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The 8-Year Engagement (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months before their wedding, Mai becomes seriously ill. Her heart stops momentarily, and she falls into a deep coma. Hisashi visits Mai at the hospital every day before work. With no idea if or when she will ever awake, Mai’s parents encourage Hisashi to find someone else, but he refuses to give up and continues to pray for her recovery. As if his prayers are answered, Mai begins to regain consciousness several years later, and even utters a few words. But tragically, she has suffered brain damage and has no memory of Hisashi.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sincere, serious, romantic drama, crying, humorous, fun
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Perfect World (2018)
Plot Summary:
Tsugumi Kawana (Hana Sugisaki) works at an interior design company. She happens to meet her first love Itsuki Ayukawa (Takanori Iwata) from her high school days. He is now an architect and in a wheelchair because of an accident. --asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, crying
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Colors of Wind (2017)
Plot Summary:
Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the magician’s lover and he learns magic. The story that crosses over two identities, illusion and magic.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Life Back Then (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kyohei Nagashima (Masaki Okada) has shut away the world. During his high school days he was the target of bullying and experienced horrifying moments. Now as a young adult Kyohei takes a new job. He works for a company that specializes in cleaning out the homes of recently deceased individuals. With his new job Kyohei meets co-worker Yuki (Nana Eikura). Yuki has also experienced a traumatizing event as a teen and has also shut herself away from the world. These two young people form a bond as they go through the homes of the recently departed people. They gradually open up to each other and in the process to the world. Yet, their fragile psyches may or may not be ready for such changes.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, road movie, crying, learning
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Little Nights, Little Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
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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After the Rain (2018)
Plot Summary:
Akira Tachibana is a 17-year-old high school student. She was once a promising athlete, but an injury has prevented her from taking part in track and field. One day, Akira Tachibana goes to a family restaurant and the manager talks to her in a tender voice. This makes Akira Tachibana begin working part-time at the restaurant. The manager is 45-year-old Masami Kondo and he is divorced with a child. Akira Tachibana falls in love with him. --asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sexy, sincere, touching, captivating, disturbing, manga, crying, seinen, romantic drama
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Oh Lucy! (2017)
Plot Summary:
A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets out on a journey to find him.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, road movie, cult classic, crying, weird, learning
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We Were There: First Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
"We Were There" follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano (Toma Ikuta) & Nanami Takahashi (Yuriko Yoshitaka). During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular boy in school, but can't get over the death of his girlfriend from a car crash. Nanami Takahashi falls in love with Motoharu Yano and must deal with his inability to let go of the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sincere, romantic, serious, shoujo, anime
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Happy Hour (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jun, Akari, Sakurako and Fumi truly believe that they can confide in each other. But one day, at a party, Jun confesses that she is seeking a divorce from her husband and this information seems to upset the other three. They follow her trial as she attempts to win her case against her husband’s will.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 317 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, sexy, feel good, captivating, melancholic, independent film, romantic drama, sexual, psychotronic
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Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014)
Plot Summary:
This erotically charged drama from Japanese director Ryuichi Hiroki (Vibrator) traces the intersecting stories of a group of employees and visitors at a notorious "love hotel" in Tokyo's red-light district.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: serious, sentimental, realistic, sexual, sincere, captivating, romantic, sexy, anthology, detective
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Make a Bow and Kiss (2017)
Plot Summary:
Based on the comic book by Yakko Kaga.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, sweet, captivating, crying, whimsical
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A Story of Yonosuke (2012)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, tense, captivating, independent film, crying
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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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It Feels So Good (2019)
Plot Summary:
When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that they have sex again. The one night stand is the new beginning.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, touching, serious, realistic, erotic, sexy
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Drowning Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
Natsume Mochizuki works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One day, she meets Koichiro Hasegawa. He is the successor of the Hasegawa family. His family is wealthy and is respected in the area. Natsume Mochizuki and Koichiro Hasegawa become attracted to each other, but something changes their fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, psychological, uplifting, disturbing, sweet, shoujo, romantic drama, sexy
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ReLIFE (2017)
Plot Summary:
Arata Kaizaki is 27-years-old and unemployed. He quit his prior job after working for the company for 3 months. Arata Kaizaki decides to take part in a research program. He takes medication that makes him look younger and he is to attend high school for a year. There, he falls in love with female high school student Chizuru Hishiro.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, uplifting, touching, sweet, captivating, dorama, crying, intelligent, intellectual
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Man, Woman & the Wall (2006)
Plot Summary:
When Ryo, a young magazine reporter, moves into a new apartment he is greeted by the passionate sounds of his astonishingly beautiful neighbor Satsuki. Realizing the wall dividing their apartments is paper thin, the captivated journalist begins to eavesdrop on every detail of the girl next door's life: her conversations, her bubble baths... her breathless cries. While Ryo's fantasies escalate into something bordering on love and obsession, Satsuki becomes increasingly hysterical over the bizarre and dirty phone calls terrorizing her every night. When their lives finally converge delusions and reality blur forcing the unthinkable to happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual, crying, erotic
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We Were There: True Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
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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Botanical Books (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sayaka (Mitsuki Takahata) works at a office. She's not very good at her job or with love. One night, she finds a man, Itsuki (Takanori Iwata), collapsed in front of her home. She takes him inside and they begin to live together. Itsuki teaches Sayaka about cooking wild herbs and collecting wild herbs, but he has a secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining
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From Me To You (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sawako Kuronuma, called Sadako by her classmates for her resemblance to the character from Ring, has always been feared and misunderstood because of her appearance. There are rumors that Sawako can see ghosts and curse people. However, despite her appearances, she is a sweet and timid girl who longs to be able to make friends with everyone and be liked by everyone else. When her idol, popular boy Kazehaya, begins talking with her, everything changes. She finds herself in a new world, trying to make friends and talking to different people and she can't thank Kazehaya enough for giving her these opportunities. Slowly, but surely, a sweet love is blossoming between the two as they will overtake any circumstance or clear obstacles in their way.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: shoujo, sentimental, psychological, sweet, captivating, romantic, dorama, manga, anime, romantic drama
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The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (2020)
Plot Summary:
Due to his indecise nature, Kyoichi, an advertising company employee, repeatedly cheats on his wife. One day, he meets Wataru, an old classmate from university. Wataru reveals that Kyoichi's wife hired him to investigate whether Kyoichi is having an affair. Wataru, who has liked Kyoichi for the past 7 years, takes advantage of the situation and blackmails the salaryman: if he accepts to have a sexual relationship with him, he won't tell his wife about his infidelity.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, talky
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Strobe Edge (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ninako Kinoshita has never been in love until an encounter with the school's most popular boy, Ren Ichinose, leads the two to befriending each other. Ren's patient and kind personality is a far cry from his unapproachable idol status at school, and soon Ninako falls in love with him. However, she must cope with the fact that he already has a long-time girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 952
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: shoujo, psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic, romantic drama
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No Touching at All (2014)
Plot Summary:
Shima is an extremely shy young man who just started a new job. On his first day, he shares an elevator with a brash, hungover man named Togawa, who he soon learns is actually his boss. Over time, Shima becomes preoccupied with the Togawa as he tries to decide if it’s worth perusing a romantic relationship after a string of disappointments in his love life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 852
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic, romantic drama
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Say 'I Love You' (2014)
Plot Summary:
Mei Tachibana is a high school student. Due to a traumatic incident when she was a kid, Mei has been unable to make friends or have boyfriends. By mistake, Mei then injures the most popular male student named Yamato Kurosawa. Somehow, Yamato Kurosawa likes Mei Tachibana and tells everyone unilaterally that Mei is his friend. One day, Yamato Kurosawa saves Mei Tachibana from a stalker by kissing her. From that kiss, their love story begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, anime, light, sincere, shoujo, touching, captivating, romantic, romantic drama