Movies like Gray Sunset
If Gray Sunset's mix of japan, alzheimer's disease and family stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Gray Sunset's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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After the Storm
2016 · Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda · 117 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: japan, family · Also a Japanese 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 11-year-old son Shingo.
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An Autumn Afternoon
1962 · Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · 113 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: japan · Also a Japanese 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 of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
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Shoplifters
2018 · Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda · 120 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: japan · Also a Japanese drama
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence…
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Still Alice
2014 · Directed by Richard Glatzer · 101 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: alzheimer's disease, family
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
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Drive My Car
2021 · Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi · 179 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: japan · Also a Japanese drama
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima.
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Only Yesterday
1991 · Directed by Isao Takahata · 119 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: family · Also a Japanese drama
In 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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Samurai Rebellion
1967 · Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · 121 min8.3
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese drama
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.
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Tokyo Story
1953 · Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · 137 min8.1
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese drama
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo.
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The Ballad of Narayama
1983 · Directed by Shōhei Imamura · 130 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese drama · From the same decade (1980s)
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69.
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From Up on Poppy Hill
2011 · Directed by Goro Miyazaki · 91 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese drama
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off…
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Mirai
2018 · Directed by Mamoru Hosoda · 98 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese drama
Four-year-old Kun struggles with jealousy after his newborn sister, Mirai, begins receiving most of his family’s attention. Retreating to the garden, he encounters Mirai as a teenager from the future and embarks on…
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Evil Does Not Exist
2023 · Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi · 106 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese drama
Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape"…