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Plot Summary:
After graduating from high school, Sota Koyurugi (Jun Matsumoto) studies bakery at an institute. In high school, he fell in love with beautiful Saeko. Because of Sota's effort, he is able to have a romantic relationship with Saeko right before Christmas. Saeko though tells Sota that she will be unable to meet him on Valentine's Day, but can meet him on the day before Valentine's Day. On that day, Sota gives Saeko chocolate that he made, but she doesn't accept his gift. Saeko tells him that she didn't think they were dating. Sota is heartbroken, but he doesn't give up hope. To make Saeko love him, he travels to France with little money and studies chocolate there. This is because Saeko loves chocolate. 5 years later, Sota becomes a first-class Chocolatier. Now back in Japan, Sota opens his very own store.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, sexy
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, romantic comedy
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30-year-old Kyoko has a "job". The story starts with her looking back 20 years to her boarding school of Yoko Gakuen in the mountains. Tomohiko, Miwa, and Kyoko are all in the same grade. Inspired by the educational philosophy of the principal - Emiko, teacher Tatsuko joins the boarding school staff, but soon finds the school rather strange.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: sentimental, suspense, melancholic, suspenseful
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After an unexpected encounter, perfect Momo meets mediocre Kazama and they fall in love. Watch this romance unfold as they struggle to be together!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 179
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The accidental coming together of a man without a wallet and a woman without a phone who fall in love on Jeju Island.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 14 min
Plot tags: sentimental, dorama, touching, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Na Hana loves money more than anything. she left her home town for Seoul. She decided that the only way she could be with money is to marry a rich man who will die soon. She soon meets Yoon Ho Sang, a young man who is a poor, troublemaker, and also loves money, but is in diguise of a very rich man who died. these two meet and soon love sparks but Ho Sang has a serious cancer problem which he first lied to a man who he owes money to.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
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Three high school girls are chosen among 700,000 applicants to be on the reality show “Marry the Prince”. They must find their true love in the four princes they encounter.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Romance
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Duration:
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Count Your Lucky Stars (2020)
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Lu Xingcheng was used to having the world at his feet until he lost everything in an instant. Tong Xiaoyou used to be eternally jinxed until the day she became famous overnight. CHIC editor Lu Xingcheng has a haughty personality and a sharp tongue. In the fashion world, he is a legendary figure and famous for being lucky. Tong Xiaoyou is an unknown designer who is unlucky in everything that she does. An accident causes their lucks to be interchanged and their lives take a drastic turn. As Tong Xiaoyou gets to know Lu Xingcheng, she gradually learns about his hidden past and discovers a man who yearns for family despite his arrogant facade. Tong Xiaoyou wants to help her idol return to his former glory, but his egotistic tendencies can be hard to deal with.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
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I never thought I would see him again. Aki Terada said goodbye to her first love long ago. When her current boyfriend is caught cheating on her, Aki moves out of her apartment and into a sharehouse, where she's reuinted with her first love. When things get heated between them, he drops a major bomb … Heart and body and everything in between intersect in this fresh new adult love story.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
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Cha Kang Jin grows up in a poor family who is constantly on the move. After relocating to his mother's hometown when Kang Jin is a teenager, his mother falls back into her old ways, opening a bar that draws a group of undesirable men. Kang Jin is forced to watch helplessly from the sidelines, getting into fights with other high school students to protect her honor. When he meets Han Ji Wan at school, sparks fly immediately, but tragedy soon strikes when Ji Wan suddenly must leave town. Eight years later, Kang Jin finally finds her again—at her engagement party. Never able to forget the girl he loved and hurt so badly, Kang Jin has trouble accepting the loss of his love, and after discovering that Ji Wan's fiancée is his co-worker, the three soon become hopelessly entangled in each other's lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
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
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
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Twenty Years Old (2014)
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Two twenty year olds, Kim Hye Rim and Lee Ki Kwang, who attended the same middle school, meet again coincidentally after many years as a college student and an idol group member. Lee Ki Kwang is a member of popular idol group falls in love with Kim Hye Rim, his old friend from same middle school who has never dated before, as the two try to keep their love a secret from the rest of the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 20 min
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Scum's Wish (2017)
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Seventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share physical intimacy driven by loneliness. Will things stay like this for them forever?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 182
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Country: Japan
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The Vineyard Man is a 2006 South Korean television series that aired on KBS2. It was adapted from Kim Rang's bestselling book of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 156
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Country: South Korea
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Five directors come together to narrate five different romantic tales, with one common ingredient - "Love".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Driven (2018)
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Colton Donavan lives on that razor-thin edge toward out of control. Whether it's on the track or off of it, everything he wants is at his fingertips: success, willing women, media attention. Everything that is, but Rylee. She's the exception this reckless bad boy can't seem to win over. Her heart is healing. His soul is damaged. They both know the two of them could never work. But he crashes into her life without apology-disrupting her world, testing her boundaries, and uncovering the darkness of her past. Their chemistry is undeniable. Their attraction is magnetic. Their ability to help each other heal obvious. And even though he won't let her in, there's something about Colton she can't walk away from. This is the beginning of their story. Their fight. Their perfectly imperfect love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, erotic, sensual
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Plot Summary:
It's school festival day and Min-hyuk is busy dancing and singing. However, it is not the stage but a toilet that binds his destiny. He is bewitched by a daring high school girl, Mi-hyun, who comes into the men's room because the women's room is full. From that day on, Min-hyuk woos her, escorts her home at night, stuffs her locker with roses, and clears passages for her in the morning after a snow fall. For all his efforts, he doesn't get much more than a tender glance from Mi-hyun. When she suddenly vanishes "sorry" are the only words she leaves behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 120
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Living and working in the colorful neighborhood, La Lagunilla, two friends, Paloma and Laura, long for respective boyfriends and true love. Paloma, a law student and waitress, falls for Daniel, a wealthy doctor with a manipulative mother and a family filled with secrets. Laura finds love with Daniel's cousin, Raul, a business manager with his own complicated past.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 31
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Country: Mexico
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Mia Kurihara works in the public relations department of a company. She falls in love with Kairi Miyoshi. He is the vice president of the company, but he is also married.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 37
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Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
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Perfect Crime (2019)
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Kaori (Reina Triendl) works as an interior designer for a housing manufacturer. She has been in a secret relationship with her boss Fuyuki (Hidekazu Mashima) for years. Fuyuki is a married man and Kaori can't see a future with him, but she still loves him and continues their relationship. One day, Haruto (Dori Sakurada) appears in front of her. Haruto is a young interior designer who was just transferred from a New York office. Haruto happens to see Kaori and Fuyuki having an affair. Meanwhile, Kaori and Haruto begin to work together as partners at work. Through meeting Haruto, Kaori's fate begins to change.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 167
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Two souls lost in a world of modernisation find each other in a moment's need for clarity and appreciation.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 153
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Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 49
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Duration:
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My Love, Patji, alternative title "My Love Cindy", alternative title "My Feisty Girl". Written by Kim Yi-young, and produced by Lee Jin-suk.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 55
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Country: South Korea
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Plot Summary:
In Yokohama a modern port city, Hiroto Kanzaki works hard in a ship repair factory, supporting his sick mother and younger brother. Tsukioka Nao is the rich daughter of a jewelry shop owner, and studies at an upscale college. This drama is about their love, and all he obstacles they encounter because of their different social backgrounds.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
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