Films like Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.
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Only Yesterday
Film · 1991 · also animation and dramaIn lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
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We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Film · 2021 · also drama and romanceTwo people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
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Her Blue Sky
Film · 2019 · also animation and romanceHigh school student Aoi Aioi lives with her elder sister, Akane, after a tragic accident took their parents away 13 years ago. Because Akane has since been taking care of...
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Clannad: The Motion Picture
Film · 2007 · also animation and dramaPlagued by a seemingly endless stream of haunting dreams, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming sense of anger and emptiness. Then, one fateful day, he...
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Ocean Waves
Film · 1993 · also animation and dramaAt Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartm...
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Summer Ghost
Film · 2021 · also animation and dramaAn urban legend says that lighting fireworks at an abandoned airfield will beckon the "summer ghost," a spirit that can answer any question. Three teenagers, Tomoya, Aoi,...
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Kase-san and Morning Glories
Film · 2018 · also animation and romanceYamada may be shy and rather clumsy, but the flower gardens at her school have always brought her happiness. Suddenly, a different sort of beauty catches her eye—the viva...
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maboroshi
Film · 2023 · also animation and dramaA factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving teenage Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Film · 2020 · also animation and dramaWith dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, th...
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5 Centimeters per Second
Film · 2007 · also animation and dramaThree 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 disa...
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