Movies like Here Is a Spring
If Here Is a Spring's mix of post war japan and rural japan stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Here Is a Spring's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Stray Dog
1949 · Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 122 min7.6
Why you'll like itWith Eijirō Tōno · Shares: post war japan · Also a Japanese drama
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose…
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The Ballad of Narayama
1983 · Directed by Shōhei Imamura · 130 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese drama
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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Only Yesterday
1991 · Directed by Isao Takahata · 119 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso 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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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"…