Films like Her Love Boils Bathwater

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   An Autumn Afternoon

   Film · 1962 · also drama

   Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest...

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   After the Storm

   Film · 2016 · also drama

   Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 1...

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   Nobody Knows

   Film · 2004 · also drama

   In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

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   The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

   Film · 1952 · also drama

   The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

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   Late Spring

   Film · 1949 · also drama

   Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he ma...

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   Tokyo Sonata

   Film · 2008 · also drama

   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...

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   Tokyo Story

   Film · 1953 · also drama

   The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor,...

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   Early Summer

   Film · 1951 · also drama

   In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital...

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   The Sea of Trees

   Film · 2016 · also drama

   In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.

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    Maborosi

    Film · 1995 · also drama

    A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

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