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Serious, Realistic, Sincere, Mature

Chubasco

My all time favorite drama series are My Mister, Mother, and Something in the Rain.

Not sure if it’s the themes of “Serious, Realistic, Sincere, and Mature” that these three have in common or if it’s simply that they are targeted at more of an adult audience.  In either case, I would appreciate recommendations of both drama series and movies of similar quality, and that you would consider in the same category as those three.

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mjf314

Here are some movie recommendations, which are realistic and targeted at an adult audience:

Japan

Shoplifters

Tokyo Sonata

China

An Elephant Sitting Still

Back to Back, Face to Face

Taiwan

A Brighter Summer Day

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Lou

If you enjoyed Something in the Rain you should also check out the crew's 2nd production called
"One Spring Night 
It is very similar to Something in the Rain in terms of feelings, cinematographic, music and so on. Even the male lead is played by the same actor. The studio and production crew are also the same. I actually enjoyed this a bit more than Something in the Rain so definitely check it out ;)

As for other recommendations (these are all movies)
Always 
More Than Blue
Better Days - chinese movie that is highly praised internationally.
A Moment to Remember

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kura2ninja

For Kdramas, maybe these:

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Czakhareina

Also want to add:

  • First Half of My Life
  • Tonbi
  • Life is beautiful (2010)
  • A thousand Days promise
  • Kounodori 
  • In This Corner of the World
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honey_boo

Something in the rain is one of my favorite k-dramas so you might like what I'm going to suggest you:

Just Between Lovers (slow pace, mature characters)

One Spring Night (I didn't like this one although SITR and One Spring Night have the same director, I think I just didn't get attached to the characters)

The World Of The Married (it really targets a more mature audience)

Tune In For Love (movie)

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sobak
 kura2ninja:

For Kdramas, maybe these:

+1 to all the above

  • A Wife's Credentials
  • Secret Love Affair
  • Heard It Through the Grapevine
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kura2ninja

Unfortunately, some of the older Kdramas are not available on legal streaming sites (I think they're used to be on Dramafever, RIP). So you either need to download them or use illegal sites (dramacool, kissasian, etc). If you do use them, be very careful. Make sure you have good adblocker and anti-virus.

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hiqxiao

The Light In Your Eyes is my all time favorite! Prison Playbook is also very good

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fanitha
  • When my love blooms
  • I'm sorry I love you
  • Que sera sera
  • Just between lovers
  • When the weather is fine
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Czakhareina

I wanna add more:

  • She would never Know
  • Alone In Love
  • I will find you a better home
  • One the way to the airport
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Chubasco

Shoplifters - loved it!

An Elephant Sitting Still - Very good!

Always - loved it!

More than blue - Very good!

Dear My Friends - Loved it!

Age of Youth - Loved it! 

Misaeng - Very Good!

A Moment to Remeber - Loved it!

A Brighter Summer Day - Good.

Tokyo Sonata - Very Good!

The First Half of My Life - Loved it!!

Again, thank you for the recommendations!   For those of you in North America, in addition to Viki, Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube, iTunes, and OnDemandKorea I am also now finding content on Tubi, Crackle, asiancrush, and Hoopla.   You can also use a VPN to access even more hard to find content on these same services.

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