Recommendations

Really good drama!
-Male lead falls for her first
-They are funny
-it has 2 endings!!!!
---- if u like tragic ending then watch episode 28 but if u want main leads to be together then watch episode 29!! ??

It's historical even tho it's not time travel..
You should definitely watch it because of their chemistry...

Both dramas are funny and main leads are handsome

You won't be sorry if you watch it! ??

Both are about a person time travelling into Tokugawa period. Both are very similar...............................................................

Both are comedy dramas about office ladies. Both are based on famous manga. Both are very similar...........................

Both are about great 20th century Japanese industrialists who contributed to Japanese economy, industrial prosperity. Both are very similar...........................................

Both dramas are about doctors. Both are based on famous manga by Tezuka Osamu......................................... .........

Both are epic Samurai jidaigeki dramas set during Meiji restoration. Both are very similar...................................................

Both are medical dramas set in Tokugawa period. Both are very similar. Both are based on famous manga.........................................

Both dramas are about a person time travelling, ending up in Sengoku period. Both are based on famous manga. Both are very similar.

Both movies are about a princess and her bodyguard (Hiroshi Abe) Both movies are very similar.........................

both the dramas male lead suffers from germophobia and both are cute as well... both female lead look so cute and gorgeous ... light hearted ROM com ..

Both movies are about Concubines of prominent Japanese warlords. Both are very similar..................................

Both are about a cute orphaned girl. Both are very similar..............................................................

If you liked the 2016 version of this drama, you might also like to watch this older version. I think the 2016 lacks passion and chemistry between the leads, but this older version makes up for that. Not as stunning to watch when it comes to costumes and setting, but the leads are easy on the eyes. Especially the male lead is eyecandy.

It's been awhile since I watched "The Light.." but as far as I can remember the atmosphere of both movies and some main points are very similar.
For one both are told from a male protagonists POV who is leading a rather aimless life either with no job or going to a vocational school. They both fall for female protagonists who work as hostesses at night and have hidden traumas. Also both movies are set in Hakodate, and the city could be seen as a main character of the movie in itself.

Both movies are based on stories written by novelist Sato Yasushi and are part of his "Hakodate Trilogy" (including another movie called 'Sketches of Kaitan city').