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One Year to Live, Buy a Man (2026)

Given a year to live, frugal 40-year-old Yui finally lets herself spend: "buying" nightclub host Sena. What begins as a contract takes an unexpected turn.

Directed byHiroki Kazama

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What to watch after One Year to Live, Buy a Man

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  1. 01

    Buzzy Noise

    Same director

    2024 · 119 min · Drama · Music · Romance

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    Kiyosumi is a live in manger of an apartment building. He spends most of his time composing & playing music in his apartment. He doesn’t relate well with people and his life is simple. One day, Ushio who lives upstairs from him, greets him. She tells him that she broke up with her boyfriend and she listens to his music every day. Ushio then posts online a video of Kiyoshumi playing his music. Since then, Kiyosumi faces a big change in his life.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  2. 02

    After the Rain

    Shared cast

    2018 · 111 min · Drama · Romance

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    Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a principal cast member
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  3. 03

    Your Eyes Tell

    Strong story similarity

    2020 · 123 min · Drama · Romance

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    A tragic accident lead to Akari's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. She meets Rui and begins to talk to him. Rui was once a promising kickboxer, but something happened in his past. Akari's smile brings out a change in Rui. However, the two are connected in more than one way. Rui attempts to do what is right.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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  4. 05

    Romance Doll

    Strong story similarity

    2020 · 123 min · Drama · Romance

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    It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  5. 07

    The Real Thing

    Strong story similarity

    2020 · 232 min · Drama · Romance

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    Kazumichi Tsuji is a bored office worker in questionable relationships with two women at work. One day he meets the intriguing Ukiyo Hayama at a convenience store. However, having her in his life brings nothing but trouble.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  6. 08

    Aristocrats

    Strong story similarity

    2021 · 124 min · Drama

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    Hanako is looking for stability with her man. She gets dumped instead. She begins dating. Miki studied and worked hard to get to where she is and is holding down a job. They are introduced through an intermediary man.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  7. 09

    Does the Flower Bloom?

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 88 min · Drama · Romance

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    While on a work trip, 37-year-old Sakurai meets 19-year-old art student Yoichi in a quiet, charming house—sparking an unexpected connection across generations.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  8. 10

    It Stopped Raining

    Strong story similarity

    2020 · 99 min · Drama · Romance

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    A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized, however, by a car accident on a rainy day after they go out together, and wakes up with short term memory loss, where she cannot remember anything beyond the present day. Yukisuke tries to live close to her as before but the lack of collective memory starts to stagger him.

    Why it connects

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