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Both main lead are American Korean. One is American born Korean, the other is Korean Born raised in American. Both has jail setting and complicated storyline.

Both movies about searching for father in China. One is modern more relaxing, the other one is classic Chinese war movie.

One of the story in Move to Heaven touch the same tragedy of Korean infant got adopted from American family. The different is that James Parker was lucky to be adopted by great parents. The story in Move to Heaven was adopted by abusive parents, etc…

I think one of the main female characters in this drama has similar characteristics to the main female character in Queen of Tears

Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before her father goes bankrupt, they run away and settle down at a fishing village in Noto. The family rents a couple's home that run a salt pond. Mare's father starts a new business, but it also fails. Her mother supports the family by working at the salt pond. 8 years later, Mare, about to graduate from high school, decides to work for the Wajima local government. She wants to have a steady job, unlike her father. Her job is to support people who move to Noto

Momone Nagaura lives with her parents, grandfather, and younger sister on an island in Kesennuma Bay, Miyagi Prefecture. In the spring of 2014, Momone Nagaura graduates from high school and moves to the city of Tome. She fails to enter a university. While she tries to figure out what to do with her life, she begins to work as an apprentice of a forest guide. A turning point in her life occurs. A popular weather forecaster from Tokyo arrives. Momone Nagaura walks on a mountain with the weather forecaster. She hears from the weather forecaster that the weather forecaster can predict the future. Momone Nagaura becomes touched by that comment and decides to become a weather forecaster. She studies hard for the exam to become a weather forecaster. With the help of the people around her in Tome, she finally passes the exam. Momone Nagaura moves to Tokyo and begins to work at a private weather forecasting company. Working there, she grows up as a weather forecaster. Several years later, in 2019, a major typhoon approached Japan. To help her hometown, she heads to Kesennuma Bay.

An adult child looking for a parent. Love and family separated. Multi countries involved. Heartwarming stories. Several none-approval events in the stories.

The story is set during the high economic development time of the Showa period. Natsu lost her parents during the war so she moves to the Tokachi region in Hokkaido with her foster father who is a dairy farmer. While growing up, Natsu meets a boy at primary school who draws a very beautiful picture of a horse so she becomes interested in animated movies. Upon graduating from senior high school, Natsu moves to Tokyo and joins the budding animation industry in order to fulfill her dream of becoming an animator.

Both movie has story about searching for a parent. Parent in foreign country. Parent that never met. With hope and unknown. Heartwarming and full of culture movies

Both are die heart love story. Loving couple somehow get separated. Many twist and turn, roller coaster. It involved next generation. The story continue. This kind of stories can drill into your heart and leave a long lasting memory

Love one separated and long searching. The world is big. Old time no digital communication, almost impossible. When found it could be too late, could be decades later…long awaiting

The main lead on both movies searching for their parent. Parent who leave in the very rural area make it even harder to search. Years of separation

Both movies touch on the subject of racial color discrimination. It is really hard for the mixed race kids to fit in the society. It wasn’t their fault. Both movies shown they fight their way to stand on their feet and survive the bully

Love couple got separated for years. The Chinese one didn’t get back together, the Japanese one has good ending got back together

Had forgotten how similar this drama is to this Jdrama oldie. The new school, the bullying, the toilet scenes.
I think Life was even more intense with the amount of violence.