Movies like Blue Spring

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   Way of Blue Sky

   Strong story similarity

   2005 · 102 min · Drama

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   Masaki is about to move to the U.S. with his parents, much to the dismay of five girls who all like him in different ways. Tomboyish Takako always gives him a hard time; Haruna is a childhood friend; Alisa has fancied him since a shopping trip in nearby Shibuya; Naoko is still readjusting after a long spell in the U.K.; and Yumi ikes practicing basketball with him at night. All wonder who his "special girl" is, but Masaki isn't saying.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared coming of age movie style

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   5 Centimeters per Second

   Strong story similarity

   2007 · 63 min · Animation · Drama · Romance

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   Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared coming of age movie style
   • shared theme: coming of age

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   Moving

   Strong story similarity

   1993 · 124 min · Drama

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   Physically separated from her father and at odds with her distraught mother, a girl must negotiate her own passage to maturity.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Tokyo Sonata

   Shared cast

   2008 · 120 min · Drama

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   The winds of change blow as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his job to outsourcing to China, it's simply the beginning of a series of shattering incidents, leading to the implosion of the family unit.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a principal cast member

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   Sky of Love

   Strong story similarity

   2007 · 129 min · Drama · Romance

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   Mika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy. She is shocked when he reveals who he is - Hiro, a delinquent attending her school. What she doesn't know is that Hiro isn't as bad as he seems.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: high school and school
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Like Father, Like Son

   Strong story similarity

   2013 · 120 min · Drama

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   Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • similar audience response

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   I Give My First Love to You

   Strong story similarity

   2009 · 122 min · Drama · Romance

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   Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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   An Adolescent

   Strong story similarity

   2001 · 132 min · Drama · Romance

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   Incredibly indolent cop Tomokawa spends his time making fun of his mentally challenged friend Sukemasa, riding his bike all over the city and sleeping with married women. But his whole world changes when he meets Yoko.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Tokyo Fist

   Strong story similarity

   1995 · 87 min · Action · Drama · Thriller

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   A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Kojima, on the subway. Kojima is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Kojima might be having an affair with his fiancée Hizuru. After an altercation, Tsuda begins training rigorously himself, leading to an extremely bloody, violent confrontation.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity

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    A Melody for My Father

    Strong story similarity

    2005 · 74 min · Drama

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    Kaoru Kobayashi stars as a man tasked with saving a failing company. Instead of harsh tactics, he lifts the workers’ spirits through music.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era

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