Movies like The Forest of Wool and Steel

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   From Me to You

   Strong story similarity

   2010 · 128 min · Drama · Romance

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   Sawako Kuronuma looks miserable on the outside, but is actually a positive-minded girl, who looks up to Shota Kazehaya, a sociable and friendly boy. Perceiving Sawako's good intentions, he secretly has feelings for her. Sawako meets Kazehaya and makes her first friends, Chizuru and Ayane but in comes Kurumi proclaiming her love for him... Will Sawako and Kazehaya ever find out about each other's feelings?

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: japanese high school

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   Orange

   Same director

   2015 · 139 min · Drama

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   A girl mysteriously receives advice from her future self and as a result her group of friends, along with a newly arrived, troubled classmate, learn how to be better friends and a better community.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Close Range Love

   Strong story similarity

   2014 · 118 min · Drama · Romance

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   A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him.

   Why it connects

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

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   Blue Spring Ride

   Strong story similarity

   2014 · 122 min · Drama · Romance

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   In middle school, Futaba Yoshioka was madly in love with Tanaka Kou but he moves away with his mother. She is reunited with him later in life but he is not the same person anymore.

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

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   Wolf Girl and Black Prince

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 116 min · Romance

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   Erika Shinohara is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to doubt her story and Erika is also running out of lies. Erika then sees a pretty boy on the street and takes his picture discreetly. She later shows his picture to her friends as her boyfriend. The boy in the picture is Kyouya Sata and happens to attend the same school as Erika. She tells Kyouya about her situation and asks him to be her pretend boyfriend. Even though Kyouya has a pretty appearance, he has a dark side.

   Why it connects

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

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   Even If This Love Disappears Tonight

   Strong story similarity

   2022 · 121 min · Drama · Romance

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   A high school girl wakes up each day with no memory of the day before. When she agrees to date a shy classmate, Toru, he begins to fall for her—despite her rule against falling in love.

   Why it connects

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

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   Strobe Edge

   Strong story similarity

   2015 · 115 min · Drama · Romance

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   Ninako Kinoshita has never been in love until an encounter with the school's most popular boy, Ren Ichinose, leads the two to befriending each other. Ren's patient and kind personality is a far cry from his unapproachable idol status at school, and soon Ninako falls in love with him. However, she must cope with the fact that he already has a long-time girlfriend.

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

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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 genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared production studio: TOHO

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   My Teacher

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 113 min · Drama · Romance

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   Hibiki Shimada, a normal 17-year-old high-school student, still does not know how to fall in love—although surrounded by love "experts"—until one day she realizes she's fallen in love with her hot and nice 26-year-old teacher, Itō. She then takes a path to make her teacher understand how she feels for him.

   Why it connects

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

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    Love Me, Love Me Not

    Strong story similarity

    2020 · 124 min · Drama · Romance

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    Akari is a first grade high school student. She is positive, realistic and outgoing with romance. Akari though is not good at expressing her feelings. She become friends with Yuna, who attends the same high school.

    Why it connects

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

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