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Intense revenge drama with complex characters. Both are set in a fictional but still realistic (and Tang-inspired) world/time period.

- Same director
- The main character lu zhao yao of the legends is like a female version of wei wu xian from the untamed
- Reincarnation
- Spans over a long period of time
- Shows how not everything is black or white

I think they have a similar vibe. DISCLAIMER I am only up to ep 31 on First love.
PYHOMS is more focused on the romance of the main couple than in First love and has lots more Awww moments. The romance in First love is slower moving and a little more "innocent".
Both have;
Long distant relationship/breakup (SPOILER;which I did not like in First love)
No real bad guy characters.
Characters stay true to eachother.
Smart ML willing to do almost anything for their girl.

More time spent on the main leads relationships with friends and family in First love.
PYHOMS starts at university and continues on to worklife for some characters while First love starts in high school and continues into university life.
I like the stories of the secondary characters in first love better than in PYHOMS.

Extreme Job is a Korean movie, but it breaks the norm in the sense that an action-packed feature need not be serious all the time, but it can also have very effective comedic reliefs. Enjoy the watch!

Both are crime thrillers set in a law drama setting. As for the main leads, the ML in Defendant undergoes a more tragic life event involving himself, while in Confession the tragedy involves his father. Both are exceptionally well-written shows that really must be watched by fans of crime/law dramas. Confession, in particular, is very underrated and deserves more love!

Ma Dong Seok acts in both movies as the "bad" guy that is used to catch a "worse" guy? and both movies have the same concept of cop + criminal, against the more dangerous criminals

it's kinda funny that both Ma Dong Seok and Kim Mu Yeol acted in the bad guys series, but not in the same one.. KMY acted in the 2nd season while MDS acts in the 1st and movie vr.
basically the stories are the same, the cop/prosecutor work with the "bad" gangster guy to get a more "evil" enemy..

Both have Ruby Lin working in the entertainment industry falling in love with a younger man. In Drama go go go, she plays a naive , timid script writer who likes a younger actor, in My Dear Boy, she plays a confident, successful movie director falling in love with a technician. I recommend My Dear boy.

Both drama are about lives and choices of many men and women and how their decisions affect the lives of their children and their partners.

In fake princess, it is a princess who grows up as an ordinary girl and suddenly finds that her love with the ML is in jeopardy because of her royal status, but in the Flower crew it is the second ML who grows up as an ordinary guy in love with the FL.

Similar female lead seen as the class fighter, the male leads both secretly love the FL. The ML is also smart and helps FL to study and improve her chances in college. I think both these dramas are enjoyable.

Samurai vs. Ninjas!
Cast
Cast overview, first billed only:
Tomisaburô Wakayama Tomisaburô Wakayama ... Ogami Itto
Fumio Watanabe Fumio Watanabe ... Bizennokami Yagyû
Gô Katô Gô Katô ... Ikiyu
Tomoko Mayama Tomoko Mayama ... Osen (whore)
Yûko Hama Yûko Hama
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Shigeru Tsuyuguchi ... Kurando Yagyû
Asao Uchida Asao Uchida ... Kenmotsu Sugito
Taketoshi Naitô Taketoshi Naitô ... Ichige
Yoshi Katô Yoshi Katô ... Danjô Tonami
Keiko Fujita Keiko Fujita ... Azami Ogami
Isao Yamagata Isao Yamagata
Reiko Kasahara Reiko Kasahara ... Crazy Woman
Ichirô Nakae Ichirô Nakae
Michitarô Mizushima Michitarô Mizushima
Akihiro Tomikawa Akihiro Tomikawa ... Daigoro
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In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro. Written

Samurai vs. Ninjas!
Cast
Cast overview, first billed only:
Tomisaburô Wakayama Tomisaburô Wakayama ... Ogami Itto
Fumio Watanabe Fumio Watanabe ... Bizennokami Yagyû
Gô Katô Gô Katô ... Ikiyu
Tomoko Mayama Tomoko Mayama ... Osen (whore)
Yûko Hama Yûko Hama
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Shigeru Tsuyuguchi ... Kurando Yagyû
Asao Uchida Asao Uchida ... Kenmotsu Sugito
Taketoshi Naitô Taketoshi Naitô ... Ichige
Yoshi Katô Yoshi Katô ... Danjô Tonami
Keiko Fujita Keiko Fujita ... Azami Ogami
Isao Yamagata Isao Yamagata
Reiko Kasahara Reiko Kasahara ... Crazy Woman
Ichirô Nakae Ichirô Nakae
Michitarô Mizushima Michitarô Mizushima
Akihiro Tomikawa Akihiro Tomikawa ... Daigoro
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Storyline
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro. Written

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Director: Kenji Misumi
Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki
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Cast
Cast overview, first billed only:
Tomisaburô Wakayama Tomisaburô Wakayama ... Ogami Itto
Fumio Watanabe Fumio Watanabe ... Bizennokami Yagyû
Gô Katô Gô Katô ... Ikiyu
Tomoko Mayama Tomoko Mayama ... Osen (whore)
Yûko Hama Yûko Hama
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Shigeru Tsuyuguchi ... Kurando Yagyû
Asao Uchida Asao Uchida ... Kenmotsu Sugito
Taketoshi Naitô Taketoshi Naitô ... Ichige
Yoshi Katô Yoshi Katô ... Danjô Tonami
Keiko Fujita Keiko Fujita ... Azami Ogami
Isao Yamagata Isao Yamagata
Reiko Kasahara Reiko Kasahara ... Crazy Woman
Ichirô Nakae Ichirô Nakae
Michitarô Mizushima Michitarô Mizushima
Akihiro Tomikawa Akihiro Tomikawa ... Daigoro
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Storyline
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro

RELEASED October 10, 1972
RUNTIME 89 mins
DIRECTOR Toshio Masuda
WRITER Kaneo Ikegami
COUNTRY Japan
LANGUAGE Japanese
GENRES Samurai, Ninja, Chanbara, Action, Bloodfest.

The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the Shadow Hunters's remarkable skill, this mission is no walk in the park, and in order to survive they must face a relentless army of ninjas and female warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to disrupt the delivery and claim the cannon for themselves.