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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
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Tokyo Alien Bros. (2018)
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In the year 2020, two alien brothers are on a mission. To learn about humans, they must interact with them. What will they discover in Tokyo?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min
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Be My Cat (2021)
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The story revolves around the cute and lively proprietress Su Xiao He who runs a pet shop on the banks of Qingshan Lake in Qingqiu Country Jiangzhou. She accidentally picked up a "Blue Soul Orb" and awakened the Meow Star Prince from the DW galaxy. The Prince incarnate as Mo Xiu Ran, a mysterious major general of the Qingqiu country. He and Su Xiao He signed a "master-servant contract" by chance. Although they were initially at odds, together they embark on an adventure, uncovering the secrets and found love in the process.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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Keishichou Outsider (2023)
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Kagawa Eiji is a detective who looks more like a gangster. He previously worked at the Metropolitan Police Department investigating organized crime groups, but he was recently demoted to the Sakuramachi Chuo Police Station without being given a reason why. Kagawa Eiji desires to return to the Metropolitan Police Department to get answers. Meanwhile, he works with Detective Hasumi Kosuke at the Sakuramachi Chuo Police Station. Detective Hasumi Kosuke carries a big secret that has never been revealed. A case comes up, where a housekeeper, working at a professor's house, is stabbed to death. At that time, a rookie detective, Mizuki Nao, begins to work with them. Kagawa Eiji and Hasumi Kosuke are bothered by her. She is the daughter of the assistant commissioner at the Metropolitan Police Department. They begin to work together.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Heart of Loyalty (2021)
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Mo Yan is a quick-thinking, sharp-witted young aspiring thief, who wants to become the top robber in the field. But when a senior male associate is caught and imprisoned at a powerful court in Kaifeng, where Prince Ning Jin reigns. She decides to infiltrate the court to rescue the associate. But the Kaifeng court’s guardians are a formidable force, and their most outstanding star is the man known as the “Royal Cat” – Zhan Zhao. With impeccable chivalry and outstanding fighting skills, his reputation is second to none.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
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It Was Sudden, Like a Storm (2004)
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Kozue Ogawa is a housewife and has been married to Hideo for seven years. They don't have any children, but as they live with her parents at their flower shop, every day is still lively. She is happy with her life and her husband, but she wonders if it is enough. From time to time, she is gripped by this doubt that she cannot raise with anyone. Kozue starts a part-time job in the editing department of the magazine where she used to work. Her former colleague is now working hard as the editor-in-chief. One rainy day, Kozue meets a young man. He is Takuma Fukazawa, a high school student. He seems somehow shrouded in sadness. He is a dance teacher. In the dance studio, there is just the two of them. Takuma curls his hands around Kozue's body, and his dance instruction begins. Their unexpected closeness causes Kozue to hesitate. With her heart pounding, she pushes Takuma's hands away and runs home. But the throbbing in her chest continues. It can't be. But what is this feeling?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)
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Li Lian Hua is a countryside doctor who travels dragging around a lotus tower. He accidentally becomes "famous" and gets pulled into the pugilistic world that he no longer wants to have any connections with.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 959
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Stealth Walker (2021)
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The story of a young cop from the police academy, Lin Qiang. Her parents were killed by a drug lord. The police force arranged for Lin Qiang to go undercover and start a covert mission to collect evidence from the drug dealer. She then meets the mysterious adopted son, Zhang Xian He of the current drug lord. She pretends to fall in love with him to obtain some vital information about the organization and at the same time feels torn. He, in turn, is also in turmoil when he figures out her identity.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense
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Made In Iran (2011)
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Koroush Afsharjam (Behnam Tashakor) is an unpopular Iranian scientist that invents a new powder that can turn dirty liquid into drinkable water. He gets a call from Paris indicating that he could come to Paris and announce his new invention to the world. After he gets in a car crash, laying on the ground, Gholam (Amin Hayaei) decides to still his samsonite bag without any idea of what it holds. After Gholam becomes wanted by the police, he decides to use Koroosh's passport to go to Paris. After finding out what the powder does, he decides to sell it and get the money at any cost. His stupid brain and not knowing anything about English or Europe make this Hilarious character even better.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Iran, Lebanon
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, ironic, disturbing, semi serious
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Shinobi 4: A Way Out (2003)
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The country of Iga is deep in the throws of war. With smaller villages falling one by one, the largest families are in position to vie for their share of the power. Sankai of Minamiyama has his sinister eyes fixed – not only on total control of the area, but on Kagerou as well. After fleeing the village of Shiroyama, Kagerou and Aoi have been relentlessly hunted. And now, with the civil war in full flux, and Aoi in enemy hands, it is time for one last attempt to escape the clutches of the deadly Shinobi hierarchy – or die trying. They are all alone. They can trust no one. They must find a way out.
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Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure (1964)
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Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the wrath of the shogun's self-indulgent daughter for cutting off her allowance. The enraged princess promptly hatches a scheme to have Asahina bumped off -- along with his protector, Kyoshiro. Shiho Fujimura also stars in this installment of the enormously popular film series.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
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Ninja 6: The Last Iga Spy (1965)
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[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This film tells the story of Saizo’s son, Kirigakure Saisuke, who after seeing his father die at the Battle Of Shimabara, grows up to be an expert ninja. Before he dies, “Mist” Saizo tells his children Saisuke, and Yuri that they are not really brother and sister. She, in fact, is the daughter of the late lord Sanada Yukimura, and must be saved from the shogun’s forces. In the chess match of spy versus spy, can Saisuke defeat the shogun’s chief strategist, Matsudaira Izunokami at his own game? Showing many exciting ninja tactics, it is not to be missed.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
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Long Time No See (2017)
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The renown hitman, ‘Flying Dagger’, bumps into ‘Wild Dog’, who happens to be a hired assassin for mobster ‘Black Leopard’. While both of them try to be incognito, they cannot help falling in love with each other. However, ‘Wild Dog’ has a secret that he couldn't confide to 'Flying Dagger.'. After all, ‘Flying Dagger’ and ‘Wild Dog’ reveal their secret identities to each other during the fight led by their bosses. They run into danger as gangsters brand them as traitors. Will they be able to overcome obstacles and keep their love?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 76 min
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The Return of Iljimae (2009)
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The Return of Iljimae is a 2009 South Korean historical action television series, starring Jung Il-woo in the title role of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo, Kim Min-jong and Jung Hye-young. It aired on MBC from January 21 to April 9, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. The series is based on comic strip Iljimae, published between 1975 and 1977, by Ko Woo-yung which was based on a Chinese folklore from the Ming dynasty about a masked Robin Hood-esque character during the Joseon era. MBC bought the rights to the comic strip for their adaptation, which was to star Lee Seung-gi in the title role of Iljimae. However he pulled out and was replaced by Jung, which makes him the third Korean actor to play the hero following Jang Dong-gun and Lee Joon-gi for Iljimae.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sageuk, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, disturbing, visually appealing, period piece
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One Well-Raised Daughter (2013)
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Jang Ha Na is the fourth daughter of the eldest son of a family that’s been making soy sauce for hundred of years. She has to dress up like a man because of their financial situation. The family needs a male representative for their soy sauce business. After giving birth to four daughters, they gave up for trying for the male heir and the fourth daughter will just have to pretend tobe a boy and act like a son within the family.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: soap opera
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Booted (2011)
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Booted is a comedy with heart about Will Kelinsky, a charming deadbeat who meets his inevitable fate when his car gets booted in downtown Philadelphia due to a vast sum of unpaid parking tickets. Now he's stranded with a backseat of spoiling groceries, a massive parking ticket, and a fed up girlfriend back at home. Doing what any reasonable man would do, Will converts his immobilized car into a booming hot dog stand in an attempt to make enough money to pay off his fines before his fed-up girlfriend leaves him for good. But to do so, he'll have to contend with low-rent mobsters, an army of hungry homeless people, and one angry meter maid. Booted is a surprisingly heartfelt story about realizing what's most important in life and the things you'll do to get it.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration:
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You're My Pet (2003)
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Tramps Like Us is a Japanese josei manga series by Yayoi Ogawa. It is about Sumire, a young professional woman who takes in a younger man as a pet, and her attempts to keep her coworkers and conventionally perfect boyfriend from finding out about her pet. It also deals with the romantic attraction between Sumire and her pet. It was serialised by Kodansha and was released in 14 volumes between 2000 and 2005, with an additional side-story volume being released in 2002. The volumes, barring the side-story volume, were published in English and German by Tokyopop, French by Kurokawa and Italian by Star Comics. The manga was adapted to a TV drama series that aired in Japan on TBS in 2003, and a South Korean film due out in 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 879
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, romantic drama
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Tracker (2001)
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Tracker is a 2001 Canadian science fiction television series starring Adrian Paul and Amy Price-Francis. The series is based on a short story by Gil Grant and Jeannine Renshaw. The pilot episode and two other episodes were edited into the film Alien Tracker.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, scary, exciting
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Cute Programmer (2021)
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After falling in love with genius programmer Jiang Yicheng, Lu Li gets into the school he once studied at, and also took up the same calculus major. Setting Jiang Yicheng as her role model in her heart, she achieves good grades in school. However after graduation, she did not expect that Jiang Yicheng's company does not recruit female employees. Lu Li decides to disguise as a man and enter the company. However, she met difficulty both in work, as well as hiding her identity. Finally with her perseverance, she grabbed hold of an opportunity and managed to come to an agreement with Jiang Yicheng. The two would become a "contract couple" and stay together for one year. Slowly, Jiang Yicheng finds himself falling for Lu Li. Adapted from popular comic 《程序媛哪有这么可爱》"Why Is The Program So Cute".
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Raven (1992)
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Raven is an American TV series.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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BG: Personal Bodyguard (2018)
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Akira Shimazaki (Takuya Kimura) lives with his middle school student son. He used to work as a bodyguard, but, due to an incident, he now works as a security guard at a construction site. The private security company where he works establishes a new bodyguard division. Hiding his past as a bodyguard, Akira Shimazaki begins work as a novice bodyguard.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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You're All Surrounded (2014)
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P4: are the new recruits in the violent crimes unit at Gangnam Police Station. The journey of four young cops as they fumble, learn, fall in love and find their way to becoming people the citizens can trust.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: tense, political, suspense, detective
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Doctor Stranger (2014)
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As a child, Park Hoon and his dad were kidnapped and taken to North Korea. He grew up there, learning to be a doctor just like his father. When Park Hoon escapes back to South Korea and begins work at a prestigious hospital, he makes it his goal to earn enough money to go back to North Korea to rescue his true love. He'll do anything to find her, but then he meets and falls for a mysterious woman who looks exactly like her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, exciting, suspense, psychological, disturbing, dorama, medical drama, suspenseful
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My Only One (2018)
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A woman's life gets twisted one day because of her biological father who shows up after 28 years of absence. He had been thoroughly hiding his identity, afraid that he might be an obstacle in his daughter's life. The father and daughter meet the "only ones" in their lives and put back together the pieces of their broken hearts.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Kotaro Lives Alone (2021)
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Shin Karino is an unpopular manga writer and he is single. He lives in an apartment complex that has a rule forbidding children from living there. One day, Shin Karino's doorbell rings. When he opens his apartment door, he sees a small boy. The boy is 5-year-old Kotaro Sato. Kotaro Sato tells Shin Karino that he moved into the neighborhood. Shin Karino makes a weird face, because of the rule of his apartment complex. Kotaro Sato says that he lives by himself. At first, Shin Karino is annoyed by Kotaro Sato, but residents of the apartment building, including Shin Karino, become attached to Kotaro Sato.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Ouran High School Host Club (2011)
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The story revolves around a highschool girl named Fujioka Haruhi at the prestigious Ouran Academy, who stumbles upon a group of male students who have formed their own club as hosts. Accidentally breaking an antique vase, Haruhi ends up owing the club a vast amount of money, and she ends up posing as a host in order to repay her debt.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 821
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, dorama, manga, shoujo, parody
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My Little Lover (2015)
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Shun'ichi Minami possesses good looks and does well academically in high school. Chiyomi Horikiri is a bright girl who likes dancing. They were childhood friends and also their first loves, but after Shun'ichi Minami's father disappeared they hardly talk. On a storming night, Chiyomi Horikiri has an argument with her parents over her future course and leaves home. While trying to avoid the rain, Chiyomi Horikiri wishes that she go back to her childhood. Suddenly, Chiyomi becomes 15 cm tall. Shun'ichi Minami happens to see tiny Chiyomi Horikiri. She tells him that she doesn't want anyone else to see her, and Shun'ichi Minami takes her his home.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 43 min
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True Beauty (2020)
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Lim Ju-kyung is a high school student. Since she was little, she has had a complex about her appearance. To hide her bare face, Ju-kyung always wears make-up. Her excellent make-up skills make her pretty and she hides her bare face in front of others. She gets involved with 2 men; Lee Su-ho and Han Seo-jun.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, touching, sincere, romantic, sentimental
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Healer (2014)
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Kim Moon Ho is a successful reporter at a mainstream news station, but when he stumbles upon a 10-year-old mystery, he's forced to dive into a subversive underground news agency. On his journey to break open the case, Moon Ho teams up with Chae Young Shin, a second rate tabloid writer, and Healer, a mysterious internet-based journalist. With his career and his safety on the line, who can Moon Ho trust in a world full of unreliable sources?.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, dorama, romantic, touching, humorous, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, romantic drama, suspense
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Oh My Venus (2015)
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Kim Young Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. Even though he comes from a wealthy family background, he suffered a devastating injury during his childhood days. Now, he overcomes his problems with patience and stubbornness. Meanwhile, Kang Joo Eun is 33-years-old lawyer. She has struggled to support her family. Now, she is overweight and challenge her-selves for a diet.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, dorama, humorous, romantic, romantic drama, exciting
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Rental a Girlfriend (2022)
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In today’s Japan, “rental” services can deliver an afternoon with a “friend,” a “parent,” even a fake girlfriend! After a staggering betrayal by his girlfriend, hapless freshman Kazuya gets just desperate enough to give it a try. But he quickly discovers how complicated it can be to “rent” an emotional connection, and his new “girlfriend,” who’s trying to keep her side hustle secret, will panic when she finds out her real life and Kazuya’s are intertwined in surprising ways! Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, too… It’s sweet but naïve boy meets cute but ruthless girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy