Japanese Romantic Movies
Japan is world renowned for its fantastical manga and anime that have a huge fan following all over the world, especially United States. Apart from that, Japanese cinema also has been inspiration in making films related to love and romance. Catering mainly to the young adults, these love stories portray the budding romance between high school and college students. These movies stay true to the emotions like friendship, love, jealousy as well as betrayal.
Some of the most well-known romantic Japanese movies that have been done well in the Asian countries are Kimi ni todoke (2010),
Paradise Kiss (2011),
I Give My First Love To You (2009),
Lovely Complex (2006), Hachimitsu to Clover (2006). These movies will make you cry, laugh, think and also probably feel really lonely. The major audience is generally young couples who are in love with each other and want to be together.
"Kimi no Na wa" (Japanese) or "Your Name" is a Japanese romantic animated fantasy movie that rotates around Mitsuha and Taki's actions, which start to dramatically affect each other's lives, meshing them into a fabric held together by destiny and situation.
Movie Director : Makoto Shinkai | Stars : Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi
Genres : Romance, Animated, Drama, Fantasy,
Set in the 1930's in South Korea and Japan. Story rotates around 4 individuals: a honorable woman who has acquired a fortune, a swindler count who is after the noble woman's fortune, a youthful female pickpocket employed by the swindler count and the noble woman's uncle who is her guardian.
Movie Director : Park Chan-wook | Stars : Min-hee Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo
Genres : Romance, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,
A 15-year-old kid and 27-year-old lady find a far-fetched friendship one blustery day in the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Japan.
Movie Director : Makoto Shinkai | Stars : Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa
Genres : Romance, Animated, Drama,
Based on a manga of the same name by Kotomi Aoki, the story spins around Takuma Kakinouchi, a kid who is told he will die before he is 20, and Mayu Taneda, a young lady who is in love with him.
Movie Director : Takehiko Shinjo | Stars : Mao Inoue, Masaki Okada, Natsuki Harada
Genres : Romance, Drama,
A Japanese animated romantic drama film, 5 Centimeters Per Second is a movie is shown in 3 different segments about a young fellow named Takaki through his life as brutal winters, cold technology, lastly, grown-up commitments and obligation merge to test the fragile petals of love.
Movie Director : Makoto Shinkai | Stars : Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou
Genres : Romance, Animated, Drama,
A Japanese animated romantic movie about a teenage girl who gets the power to time travel and uses her power to fix her problems and circumstances.
Movie Director : Mamoru Hosoda | Stars : Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Sachie Hara
Genres : Romance, Animated,
Be with You is a beautiful Japanese romantic film about a widow and his son and his fate of meeting her wife once more.
Movie Director : Nobuhiro Doi | Stars : Yuko Takeuchi, Shido Nakamura
Genres : Romance, Drama, Fantasy,
