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Plot Summary:
Set within music field, this film depicts a love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student Riko, who posessess a gifted voice. 25-year-old sound engineer Aki is a member of popular band "Crude Play," but right after the band decides to make their major record debut Aki quits the band. But, Aki provides his music to Crude Play under the name of producer Soichiro. Aki begins to date Riko, whose father runs a fruit and vegetable shop. Riko doesn't know about Aki's background, but she likes to listen to him hum. Riko is in a band herself, with childhood friend Yuichi and Sota. One day she is scouted by producer Soichiro.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sentimental, sincere, shoujo
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Plot Summary:
In this modern setting for the Shakespeare classic, two small-town boys head to the big city looking for adventure and romance. But when they both fall for the same girl, friends become rivals.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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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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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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An emotional coming-of-age drama centered around Andou Jun, a gay student who is not out. He accepts a confession from his fujoshi classmate Miura Sae and they start dating. However, Jun is also seeing Makoto, but fails to tell Sae about his male lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, sweet
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, humorous, sweet, talky, semi serious, teen comedy
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Strobe Edge (2015)
Plot Summary:
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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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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, light, touching, shoujo, romantic drama
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 640
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 796
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
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The Black Devil and the White Prince (2016)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 966
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Country: Japan
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Childhood friends Coby and Ava, who only see each other during summer vacations. As time passes, the characters develop feelings for each other but having a relationship long-distance is a great challenge for both.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 231
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Kumi (Yurika Nakamura) is a transfer student at a prestigious high school. She meets Hyo (Yosuke Sugino) who is handsome and kind. Kumi falls in love with him and has her first kiss with him, but Hyo is famous for being a womanizer at school. After she discovers his true side, she gets hurts, but her feelings for him doesn't go away.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 34
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 797
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Country: Japan
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Plot Summary:
A bad boy and a socialite girl hook-up.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
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Country: Italy
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Votes: 226
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Plot Summary:
To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend, an influencer attempts to transform an unpopular classmate into prom king.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 28000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 47000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 73000
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