To get on your emotional side, movies should be robust and psychological while Japanese movies are the best alternative to that. These movies are slow and painful, while some might criticize them for being too sensitive. Romantic movies that make you cry are intense and raw, which is the best combination because you can feel the chemistry. Most of these movies are about death, and how bravery is the only option to fight a tough life. The plots can be realistic and that's a unique quality. Their specialization is in highlighting the problems of many characters and how each day is something unexpected and worse.
1. Moon Child
This Science fantasy action movie is about an economic crisis in Japan, and how people move to China. More impressively, two vampires enter this human pandemic scene and one of them is helped by a human as he is seen sitting in the trash. The orphan and the vampire are sitting at the beach, not enjoying, but waiting for their death.
2. The Girl In The Sun
This Japanese fantasy romance film is about the first love in high school, but one of them leaves the school for another one. Years later, they meet at a company presentation and fall in love again. They start a happy married life, but one day, the girl disappears, and everyone removes her from their life. The boy tries to find her, but finally goes back to their past to uncover the big secret she had. We discover that a girl is just a human form but she is not a real creature.
3. Be With You
This drama is about a single husband whose wife is dead and now he struggles to raise his son. He has frequent fainting spells, and he can’t cope with household chores. The young son blames himself for his mother’s death in his delivery which he hears someone talking about. They meet a girl who looks like the dead wife and, her diary reveals her buried past.
4. A Litre Of Tears
The protagonist is gripped by a crippling disease that handicaps her. The doctor tells her that she should live her life nevertheless, and starts writing diary entries. Her diary shows her will to cope with her life and stress. She is a weak and brave heroine who has a rare condition to deal with.
5. Sky Of Love
An unknown caller revives her lost phone but she keeps calling this secret caller. After a summer of phone calls, they decide to meet each other in school. She meets him, but he has a girlfriend which she learns about after their sexual encounter. He tells her that he dumped her but his ex wants to hurt the girl with sinister revenge. She is bullied and becomes pregnant, and her boyfriend is overjoyed.
6. I Give My First Love To You
A girl is profoundly and secretly in love with her childhood friend. The boy has heart disease and she learns that he will not live over 20. One day the boy makes a cute promise to marry her at 20. With time their love remains pure, but sadly, the boy can't help his real feelings and pushes the girl away because he has a short life span.
7. Nobody Knows
This movie draws a clean picture of lonely children with no one to care for. These siblings have been left alone by her mother, who has a new love interest. These kids are isolated, and uneducated in a weird , and lonely Tokyo apartment. They live illegally on top of which different fathers but the same mother. Akira hoards his duty for spending his time outside and the apartment is in complete sadness and turmoil.
8. My Rainy Days
Rio is a girl who has full attention from others because of her beauty, yet deep inside, she hides an entire sad story. She uses her boyfriends and friends to only cares for herself because of her past. She is money-oriented, but falls in absolute love with a professor for the first time. She confesses these confusing and strong feelings but he rejects her.
9. Kimi Ni Shika Kikoenai
A lonely girl has a unique phone she can only see, and use for calling. She starts speaking to a boy who is dumb and only she can communicate with him. She is shy and wants new friends, but she stutters as she doesn't find the right words. She starts conversations in her mind that are entirely made up but thankfully, someone picks up her fake calls one day.
10. A Song To The Sun
A street musician has a never-ending allergy to the sun. This is not ideal for her lifestyle and life’s meaning, which is playing music on the streets as daily exposure. So she plays guitar at night, and one day, she gathers a massive crowd in the city. She decides to release an album, but when she's on the verge of her disease, her health worsens, and after a long suffering, she dies.
