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Plot Summary:
Devoted to becoming an international lawyer, Ayukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. Her hard work pays off when she lands a job at an international law firm, but to her disappointment, the first prestigious assignment that is given to her is to babysit the boss' 5 year old daughter, Hinata. Wakaba loathes kids and nursing, but unwillingly takes on the job as she is fixated on wealth and success. One day when she goes to a preschool to pick up Hinata, she meets a man named Yamada Sota. Sota is a man without higher education, wealth, or a future goal, someone that Wakaba absolutely cannot stand, the complete opposite of her ideals. Once again, contrary to her will, she ends up looking after Hinata and a few other kids along with Sota. Despite being exhausted from all the first-time experiences in child care, Wakaba begins to realize what is truly important to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, romantic
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Samurai Sensei (2015)
Plot Summary:
Takechi Hanpeita, a samurai from Bakumatsu period time-travels 150 years to modern day Japan.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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It's Not That I Can't Get Married, I Just Don't Do It (2016)
Plot Summary:
Tachibana Miyabi is 39-years-old and she hasn't had a boyfriend in 5 years. She enjoys her life as a single woman. She is a doctor and runs her own beauty dermatology clinic. Miyabi is pretty and confident, but at her school reunion, she finds herself being pitied by others for still being single. After the school reunion, she attends a gourmet meeting at a restaurant. There, she talks about her school reunion. At that time, Seiji, the owner of the restaurant, makes a biting remark that she isn't the type popular with men. She becomes upset by the remark, but she accepts his advice.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Anything But Plain (2015)
Plot Summary:
Lichita (Maite Perroni) has been working at Iconika Ad Agency for 10 years but feels undervalued and invisible. She decides to make a change and transforms herself from the office “whipping girl” into the empowered Alicia. However, no climb to the top is ever easy and, along the way, she faces situations that test her character and values.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, telenovela
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We Married as a Job (2016)
Plot Summary:
A series of events leads single, 25 year old Mikuri Moriyama and 36 year old Hiramasa Tsuzaki to marry as a cover.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, feel good, suspenseful, romantic, romantic drama
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Miss Pilot (2013)
Plot Summary:
Haru Tezuka's parents run a bar in Kamata, Tokyo. She is honest and bright, but she can't lie which sometimes causes her to get in trouble. Haru finds it difficult to get a job. Haru then notices an application guideline from airline company ANA (All Nippon Airways). Haru, who never thought of working in the airline industry, decides to take a test for the airline company. She first attends a company presentation by ANA. There, she sees elite persons who have dreamed of becoming pilots for lengthy periods of time and airplane enthusiasts. She becomes overwhelmed by them. Haru is indecisive about whether she wants to go through with it, but she manages to barely pass her test. Now, Haru wants to become a pilot, but what awaits for her is harsh training.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hanasaki Mai is but an ordinary employee of a bank, with zero diplomacy. She doesn't think twice about pointing out her boss' mistakes. Her job is to investigate any wrongdoings in the bank branches. She is the voice of the suppressed staff who are unable to go against their bosses. Her partner is the veteran staff, Soma Ken, whose career with the bank had reached a dead end, no promotions in sight. Together, they resolve all the non-compliance issues at the bank.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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MPD: Animal Unit (2017)
Plot Summary:
Tomozo Sudo is a detective. Due to an incident, he is excluded from investigative work. He is then assigned to work in a division responsible for taking care of animals whose owners are suspects or missing. Keiko Usuki is a police constable and works in the same division. She loves animals more than humans. Keiko develops inferences from clues from animals left behind at crime scenes. Tomozo and Keiko work together to solve cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Queen of Lunch (2002)
Plot Summary:
Lunch no Joō is a Japanese drama series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2002. It stars Yuko Takeuchi, Yōsuke Eguchi, Satoshi Tsumabuki, and Shinichi Tsutsumi. Natsumi loves lunchtime and food. Nothing excites her more than to walk down the street thinking about where she'll eat lunch. One day, a man Kennichiro interrupts Natsumi as she's about to eat her favorite rice omelet and drags her outside and begs her to come home with him so that he can introduce her to his family. He explains to her that his father is sick and after leaving on bad terms, the only way he'll be allowed back home is to return with a fianceé. Natsumi is left with quite the predicament.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Don't Dare to Dream (2016)
Plot Summary:
Depicts the fierce competition at a broadcasting station and the love between anchor Lee Hwa-Shin and weather caster Pyo Na-Ri.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, dorama, romantic comedy
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The Restaurant with Problems (2015)
Plot Summary:
Tamako works for a company in the restaurant business. She experiences betrayal from Makoto, a chef she recently hired. Rumors then spread at work about her. Tamako decides enough is enough and quits her job. She decides to open a restaurant and run it from a woman's perspective. Tamako soon learns that Makoto has opened a luxurious restaurant across the street from her modest restaurant.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Dignity of Special Temporary Staff (2007)
Plot Summary:
Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke's department, she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done before. This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Stupid, Stupid Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
Stupid, Stupid Man is an Australian television comedy which originally aired on TV1. It is set in the office of a fictional men's magazine COQ, parodying such men's magazines as FHM and Ralph. The first season began broadcasting on 14 November 2006, and a second season began on 11 December 2007. On 29 January 2008, the final episode of the show aired, and it was cancelled.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sitcom
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Bloods (2021)
Plot Summary:
When tough-acting loner paramedic Maleek is paired with over-friendly divorcee Wendy, their partnership looks dead on arrival. But pretty soon they're giving each other life support.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sitcom
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YG Future Strategy Office (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kpop star Seungri, BIGBANG youngest member, tries to lead a team of blumbing staff at YG's Future Strategy Office in this mockumentary sitcom.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, mockumentary
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Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store tells the story of part-time convenience store worker Matsukoma, and the new part-time worker, Tomoharu Nii, nicknamed Nietzsche-sensei. Despite Matsukoma’s enthusiastic approach to his job, his teachings are lost on Nietzche-sensei, who, much like his namesake, has a bleaker outlook on things.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Reason I Can't Find My Love (2011)
Plot Summary:
More than half of women in their 20's to 30's admit to "currently lacking a boyfriend." Men, love, sex, work, marriage... All the issues women face today are revealed in truth through this generation, an "ice age of love." "The reason I can't find my love" highlights the lives of three women, Fujii Emi, Ogura Saki and Hanzawa Mako. Emi works for a lighting company as a lighting technician, where she is surrounded by men due to the nature of the profession. She has a straight-forward and generous personality, but is unconcerned about general feminine interests such as fashion. She is often treated like another man by her boss and colleagues, and feels that being in love is tiresome. However, she cannot forget about her ex-boyfriend and hopes to someday fall truly in love. Saki is prideful and determined, but fails in landing a desirable job. As a result, she starts to work at a bar as a hostess, keeping the fact a secret from her parents. Mako is the youngest of all, having attended the same high school following Emi and Saki. She is earnest and responsible, but on the other hand, rather clumsy and afraid of taking chances on a romantic relationship. The three women end up living under the same roof by coincidence, and it is there that they share each other's experiences, bitter or sweet, desperately struggling with their love life. A life-sized unconventional love story ever to air on Fuji TV's prime 9 Monday drama slot! -- Fuji TV.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Office Mix-Up (2020)
Plot Summary:
Lacey Keller is brilliantly creative. The only problem is, no one seems to notice, and Lacey doesn't have the confidence to make them notice. Struggling to make ends meet between a job at her best friend's jewelry store and as a night security guard at a marketing firm, Lacey sketches some ideas for a struggling campaign, which accidentally gain the notice of Mikey, the firm's CEO, and his brother Greg, who is trying to prove himself with the campaign. Just one problem -- they assume Lacey is Valerie Staken, an executive who actually turned down their job offer to work at another firm. Tempted by the opportunity to catch up on her bills, Lacey takes on Valerie's identity.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, thrilling
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Feel Good To Die (2018)
Plot Summary:
Lee Roo-Da tries to reform her tyrannical boss Baek Jin-Sang to become a new and better man. Because the boss has such a terrible personality, all of his subordinates including Roo-Da despise him. One day, Roo-Da is so mad at him that she hopes he dies already. When he gets hit by a truck and dies, she blames herself and wishes that it would all be a dream. The next morning, she wakes up and learns that she has been caught up in a time rift, and her battle to bring her boss back to life begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Lost and Found (2019)
Plot Summary:
Franck wants a quiet life and a fresh start. After 15 years of a failed theatre career, he finds a seemingly perfect job: museum guard. But that is before he meets Sybille, his neurotic colleague.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Love Strikes! (2010)
Plot Summary:
Moriyama plays a temp worker who has never had any luck with women. One day, he suddenly starts getting invitations from several beautiful women, and he finds himself confused about how to deal with this new experience of having a "moteki" (a period when one is very popular and attractive to others).
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sexy, seinen
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I'm Taking the Day Off (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hanae Aoishi is set to turn 30. She works for a general trading company and has never taken a day off or been late for work. She dresses pleasantly plain and has zero dating experience. She attends a company party and drinks with part-time employee Yuto Tanokura. He is a handsome university student. Through the evening, Hanae becomes drunk and passes out. When she wakes up, Hanae finds Yuto Tanokura sleeping next to her and he is naked. She becomes confused about what happened and takes the day off from work for the first time. To come out of her shell, Hanae decides to date Yuto Tanokura who is 9 years younger than her. At this time Yu Asao, the CEO of a food company located in the same building as her company, begins to have feelings for Hanae.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania (2019)
Plot Summary:
Yurika Nanba is an attractive women who has no problems socially communicating with others, but when it comes to having romantic relationships, she seems to struggle.This is mainly due to her ex-boyfriend Makoto Saito, who was the first guy that she ever had a relationship with. In usual romantic relationships, the teenage years through to the early twenties is a period of experimenting and experiencing the ups and downs of love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Baby Faced Beauty (2011)
Plot Summary:
Baby Faced Beauty is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Jang Na-ra, Choi Daniel, Ryu Jin, and Kim Min-seo. It aired on KBS2 from May 2 to July 5, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. The drama is about an aspiring 34-year-old fashion designer who fakes her age to get a job in a fashion company. The romantic comedy had kicked off with a viewership rating of around 6 percent, but gradually rose and surpassed the 15 percent mark. Originally slated for 18 episodes, it was extended by 2 more episodes due to its popularity. It ranked number one in its primetime timeslot for five consecutive weeks.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Jugglers (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jwa Yoon-Yi has lived her life with a passive attitude. She has a spirit of devotion and obedience. Nam Chi-Won is the director of HB Company, but he refuses interests of other people and developing relationships. The woman and man meet as secretary and boss.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, dorama
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Go Ho's Starry Night (2016)
Plot Summary:
Go Ho is a 29-year-old advertisement contractor who wants success in both her career and romance. Unfortunately, neither seems to be working out particularly well because the only two men in her life are Kang Tae Ho, her short-tempered boss, and Hwang Ji Hoon, her ex-boyfriend. Dealing with their increasingly irritating behavior and her decreasingly abundant time until she hits the “big thirty,” can Go Ho reach for the skies and capture her dreams, or will this starry night end in darkness?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Love of My Life (2016)
Plot Summary:
Gokce, is turning 30 and still doesn't have any man in her life. She just watches as her other friends get married. She works in an advertisement company called 275. And suddenly she decides to get in love with her boss 'Demir ' . Demir is the dream of every girl, as he is such a handsome and rich man. So can Gokce make Demir fall in love with her?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Queen of Reversals (2010)
Plot Summary:
Hwang Tae Hee leads a charmed life, and after growing up in a wealthy family, she easily attains a coveted job. Too much of a workaholic to make time for romance, she is taken aback when she falls hard for Bong Joon Soo. She pursues him and they soon get married, but when the honeymoon is over, Tae Hee finds that her rival at work and husband's ex, Baek Yeo Jin, has taken over her job. As she struggles with her job and marriage, she must also cope with the attention of her arrogant, immature boss, Goo Yong Shik, who falls for her as her life falls to pieces. Queen of Reversals is an empowering tale of a woman who manages to regain everything she's lost through sheer willpower and determination.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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You Call It Passion (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ra-hee is ready for the real world. She has graduated from a respectable college and begins to apply for full-time jobs but is rejected by every company that she applies to. When all hope is lost, she gets a phone call from a newspaper company and is recruited as an intern in the entertainment section. Although reluctant at first, as she believes herself to be over-qualified for the job, she soon learns and understands the passion of the press. During her rollercoaster experience as an entertainment journalist/intern, she discovers the dirty and hidden aspects of the journalism industry.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Temps (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jefferson is a lovable ski-bum temp worker whose singular joy comes from an annual excursion to the slopes with fellow vagabond/best friend, Curtis. When Jefferson falls for fellow temp worker, Stephanie, an ambitious go-getter, he is forced to re-evaluate his minimum wage, minimum commitment lifestyle.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, funny, fun
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Glow of Fireflies (2007)
Plot Summary:
Hotaru no Hikari is a Japanese josei manga series by Satoru Hiura. It has been adapted into 2 television drama series and a live action film that was released on 7 July 2012.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious