Orange (2015)

Similar story 2 ML & 1 FL, friends from younger days until they getting older. A twist of youth love along the way. Ray Zhang too adorable as always! Both movies a must watch movies with different story line.

Inseparable childhood friends Shou Heng and Cheng Shing have their world thrown into chaos when a new girl comes to town and falls for Shou Heng.

A summer hit in HK, this romantic fantasy from Jingle Ma is shamelessly manipulative, incredibly cheesy, and totally sappy. It goes to extreme lengths to yank your chains and push your buttons...and it works. Amazingly, this manufactured piece of sap is also an entertaining, compelling movie. An HK version of Ghost and Always, Fly Me to Polaris stars Richie Ren as Onion, a blind-mute who’s in love with his nurse Autumn (Cecilia Cheung). Before any feelings can be exchanged, he dies in a Meet Joe Black kinda way and proceeds to win a celestial contest. This flimsy plot device states he can have one wish - which he uses to live again. They deny him that, but give him the opportunity to return for one week.

A young girl receives a letter from her future self, giving her and her friends a chance to change the future and live without regrets.

These two concerns with knowing about your own future and trying to choose a path in present that makes a better future. During TOMORROW WITH YOU the male lead travels to the future and simply witness something he wants to avoid. He then comes back and try his best to change his future. During ORANGE the leads from the future send letters to their own present version and warn them of the unpleasant incidents of the time, so these incidents could be avoided.

Shogo is left blind and mute from an accident but he is able to live a fruitful life as a composer. He receives ongoing therapy from the hospital where nurse Kana works. Just when their relationship is about to blossom into romance, tragedy strikes when Shogo is killed in a car accident. At the moment of Shogo's death, a shooting star falls and gives him the chance to live again for four more days. But he is unrecognizable to his friend and forbidden to reveal his true identity. Shogo decides to express his feelings of affection to Kana.

Well-meaning but socially awkward, Kuronuma Sawako is nicknamed "Sadako" by her high school classmates because of her similar hair style with the main character from the horror movie "Ring." She doesn't have friends and goes about her day in quiet. She admires a fellow classmate, Kazehaya Shota, because of his easy-going and friendly nature, but unknown to her, Kazehaya has also been paying attention to her.

Aoi gets in an accident and finds herself one week in the past when she regains consciousness. Her childhood friend Riku says he went back in time to save her. But, Riku's time-traveling involves a big secret.

Yoshiyama Mihane is a 3rd-grade high school student. She is a member of the photo club at her school. The day before her summer vacation, she smells a lavender scent in the science lab and she suddenly gains the ability to leap through time. Fukamachi Shohei is Mihane’s classmate. He actually came from the year 2122 and is a researcher. Shohei lost a drug that allows him to go back to 2122. In the meantime, Shohei hypnotizes those around him and lives as a high school student. However, as time goes by, Mihane and Shohei start to have feelings for each other.

In both movies, the main characters receive a letter from their future selves about events that will take place in their immediate future and with that knowledge try to change it.

Masaki is about to move to the U.S. with his parents, much to the dismay of five girls who all like him in different ways. Tomboyish Takako always gives him a hard time; Haruna is a childhood friend; Alisa has fancied him since a shopping trip in nearby Shibuya; Naoko is still readjusting after a long spell in the U.K.; and Yumi likes practicing basketball with him at night. All wonder who his "special girl" is, but Masaki isn't saying.

Naho Takamiya (Tao Tsuchiya) is a 2nd year high school student. During the spring, Naho Takamiya receives a letter sent by herself from 10 years in the future. In the letter, she liked transfer student Kakeru Naruse (Kento Yamazaki). Kakeru Naruse carried emotional scars from his mother's suicide and he died one year later. 26-years-old Naho Takamiya thinks about Kakeru Naruse often.

2nd year high school student Naho Takamiya, with the knowledge of what she feels 10 years in the future, takes action to change her future.

It's quite similar to this Japanese movie "Orange" as they mainly talked about going back in time to prevent a friend from his suicidal. In the Orange, the FL got a letter from the future self. Together with their best friends, they prevented the ML from the current time to avoid suicidal as warning from the FL's future self.

Both stories involve the element of time travel. They are both very moving and have similar themes.

The story of Tomorrow spans over 8 years, including love and friendship. It narrates a high school sports athlete, Yuan Cheng Mei, who was injured due to a practice session in school. At that time, there was a stranger who saved her and therefore, that's how this story started.

Both are well-made, Japanese high school movies with the same male lead actor, Yamazaki Kento. Both have themes of friendship, loneliness and finding one self and one's place in the world.