Original Japanese 2012 version where two the main characters: Kensuke Komikado (Masato Sakai), an arrogant but shrewd lawyer who has never lost a lawsuit, and Machiko Mayuzumi (Yui Aragaki), an rookie lawyer who wants to help the poor but who is tired of losing so she joins komikado's firm.

Both are historical and deal with children and their struggling fathers! Ecchan takes.place in 1935 whereas Always 3 takes place during the very first 1964 Tokyo Olympics!

Both are historical comedy dramas that deal with struggling artists and their children! Ecchan aka Etchan takes place in 1935 whose father is a struggling song writer who had one hit years ago! whereas in always in 1958, the father is a struggling novelist who almost won a literary award as a teen. The only difference is Ecchan is also a musical tv show and Always has the very first CGI Godzilla destroying their neighborhood and the newly built Tokyo tower in the beginning of the.film which was just awesome!

both dramas are supernatural fantasy that deal with curses! mirror deals with a girl whose cursed by love. anyone she loves or who falls in love with her, dies!

both are supernatural fantasy that deal with curses with strong female protonagists whereas mystic deals with a 2000 year old curse, deals with a 5000 year old curse of a goblin whose curse can only be broken by his bride who will also cause his death!

both dramas are supernatural fantasy that deals with curses!
both have strong female protagonists that are cursed! mystics cursed owner lady has been cursed.over 2000 years and has to perform or rather help like 1000 souls in order to break the curse. In mirror the girl has to light like a 1000 candles to break her curse but the evil shaman that created the curse tries to blow out the last like 20 candles using dark magic!

both fantasy dramas deal with supernatural curses that with strong
single female characters whose both cursed! hotel del luna owner, whose been cursed.for over 1000 years that can only be broken if she finds true love but first she has to let go of her 1000 year old resentment of the betrayal from her first love! whereas mirror of the witch aka secret healer has been cursed over 5 years and anyone who falls in love with her or that she falls in love with , will be cursed !

both films are historical and during star of economic resurgence ! ecchan takes place 1935, always takes place in 1958, the year the tokyo tower is built in their neighborhood. also both films deal with children and their many funny and not so funny issues! also both films deal with binbo (poor) single father artists who can't seem to get / catch a break. unless.they sell out or sell their souls.

Both movies deal with Samurai battling ninjas ! Azumi was an orphan taken in by the master and trained in the mountains to be a ninja and assassin.

Both films have Samurai versus Ninjas!
Lord Nobunaga Oda tried to conquer Japan but one province still gave him so much trouble! The Iga territory where the Iga Ninjas lived already defeated.his son's 10,800 men so Nobunaga attacked Iga province a couple of years later with 42000 men!

Both movies have Samurai and Ninjas! Hanzo Hattori is probably the most famous real life historical Iga ninja who saved the life of his lord Ieyasu Tokugawa !

Both have Ninjas versus Samurai! Azumi is a young orphan trained to be a ninja and assassin!.....................