If you liked TFF maybe you also like Tatta Hitotsu no Koi. A japanese drama with similar themes, a rich girl, full of attitude, chasing the "ordinary" and hardworking guy she falls in love with. But she hides a secret from him. Many similarities, a very beautiful drama too.
There's a similarity I'm premise — the female lead is wealthy and sheltered, due to serious illness in her teenage years she's on the cusp of adulthood having never truly lived. She falls for a working class man and a quietly melodramatic romance (by which I mean the storyline is melo but neither the tone nor plot is over-the-top) ensues. The Forbidden Flower focuses less on the class difference and adds the additional element of a large age gap, with a middle-aged male lead.
In terms of atmosphere, there are some similarities and some differences. Both have moments of unrestrained youthfulness but also of moodiness and emotional poignancy. Tatta Hitotsu no Koi is more consistently bittersweet and melancholic in tone, while The Forbidden Flower has some unfortunate tangents into more typical contemporary C-drama romance territory with the secondary and supporting characters. It also has a sultry aspect that focuses on the physical attraction between the leads that Tatta Hitotsu no Koi lacks. I felt they had some kinship between these drama in visual language as well — waterfront scenery and vibrant sunsets, though The Forbidden Flower leans more into the vivid colors and Tatta Hitotsu no Koi is more urban.
In terms of atmosphere, there are some similarities and some differences. Both have moments of unrestrained youthfulness but also of moodiness and emotional poignancy. Tatta Hitotsu no Koi is more consistently bittersweet and melancholic in tone, while The Forbidden Flower has some unfortunate tangents into more typical contemporary C-drama romance territory with the secondary and supporting characters. It also has a sultry aspect that focuses on the physical attraction between the leads that Tatta Hitotsu no Koi lacks. I felt they had some kinship between these drama in visual language as well — waterfront scenery and vibrant sunsets, though The Forbidden Flower leans more into the vivid colors and Tatta Hitotsu no Koi is more urban.
Both stories involve only 2 lovers; meaning there isn't a love triangle or polygon. You know throughout the drama that they only love each other and nobody else. If you like pure love stories like Tatta Hitotsu no Koi then Nagareboshi is just the thing for you.
Both involves the rich and the poor... but it's not just about being rich or poor, it's also about the choices people (the characters) make and weather the outcome will be a good one that makes them happy, or a bad one that makes them suffer.
The setting is in Yokohama. Hiroto Kanzaki works hard every day and night for the survival of a small ship repair factory (inherited from his father) as well as the survival of his mother and younger brother, who are suffering from health problems. Living such an underprivileged life, Hiroto has forgotten how to smile.
Nao is the daughter of a popular jewelry shop owner. She attends a prestigious exclusive women's college and grew up cheerful and blessed with affluent love. From the moment Hiroto meets her, his closed mind slowly opens up to Nao, who is so innocent that she utters whatever she thinks.
Nao is the daughter of a popular jewelry shop owner. She attends a prestigious exclusive women's college and grew up cheerful and blessed with affluent love. From the moment Hiroto meets her, his closed mind slowly opens up to Nao, who is so innocent that she utters whatever she thinks.
Woo Hyun is a Korean man and Haruka a Japanese woman. They live different lives, but they both carry emotional scars from their first love. While looking for answers and hope, their fateful encounter will change their lives.
It started from one message …Haruka, a stage actress in Seoul, has been in a slump ever since she broke up with her first love. She cannot forget him and keeps sending messages that go unread on LINE. Despite her emotional hurt, Haruka wants to believe in love. In Tokyo, Woo Hyun, an aspiring movie director, keeps on doing interviews concerning “love”. After being deeply hurt by his girlfriend who thought about getting married, he no longer believes in love. Haruka and Woo Hyun have both grown timid of love. The two of them, who live apart in Tokyo and Seoul, have a chance encounter because of a LINE message delivered to Woo Hyun’s smart phone from Haruka. They exchange messages without knowing each other’s faces, and are drawn to each other before they realise it.
It started from one message …Haruka, a stage actress in Seoul, has been in a slump ever since she broke up with her first love. She cannot forget him and keeps sending messages that go unread on LINE. Despite her emotional hurt, Haruka wants to believe in love. In Tokyo, Woo Hyun, an aspiring movie director, keeps on doing interviews concerning “love”. After being deeply hurt by his girlfriend who thought about getting married, he no longer believes in love. Haruka and Woo Hyun have both grown timid of love. The two of them, who live apart in Tokyo and Seoul, have a chance encounter because of a LINE message delivered to Woo Hyun’s smart phone from Haruka. They exchange messages without knowing each other’s faces, and are drawn to each other before they realise it.
It all started when Takashi, a talented composer who could not write a love song ever since his girlfriend Rina left him suddenly, accidentally sent an incomplete piece of his latest work to Amane via email. Deeply touched by his music, Amane wrote back to him, without getting a reply. Amane continued writing to him, pouring out her thoughts. Only when she signed as "Teru Teru Bozu", did Takashi responded with a mail saying "WHO ARE YOU?", because what Rina left him as a farewell gift was a teru teru bozu!
Sung Hyun, who just moved into 'Il mare' receives a strange letter. The letter is from a young woman in the year 1999, two years from the present. Her predictions about the past are amazingly accurate. Her warning about a flurry of snow on a certain day in January of 1998 and the ensuing flu virus turns out to be true. Eun Joo is convinced that her letter has travelled back in time to December of 1997 and starts writing regularly to her newfound pen pal. A professional voice actor, Eun Joo asks Sung Hyun to find her long-lost cassette recorder at a train station. Sung Hyun goes to the train station and gets a glimpse of Eun Joo, who of course, has no idea who he is.
Nagao Kanji works for an advertising agency in his hometown of Ehime Prefecture. He is assigned to the Tokyo sales department where his colleague Akana Rika takes care of his work. One day, Kanji is invited to drinks by Mikami Kenichi, a former classmate from his hometown who is now in Tokyo, and he is also reunited with Sekiguchi Satomi who has feelings for him. However, Rika ends up joining them when she delivers Kanji’s wallet which he had left in office. On the way back, Rika tells him, “Kanchi, shall we kiss?” and he is rattled. There have been rumours in office that Rika is in a relationship with their boss Waga Natsuki.
Ditto' focuses on a female university student from 1979 who begins talking via HAM radio with another student from her school. They hope to meet, but through a series of misunderstandings, she begins to realize that the other student lives in the year 2000. This bit of the supernatural serves as the foundation for an exchange between these two, who are separated by 20 years during which their culture has been transformed.
The setting is in Yokohama. Hiroto Kanzaki works hard every day and night for the survival of a small ship repair factory (inherited from his father) as well as the survival of his mother and younger brother, who are suffering from health problems. Living such an underprivileged life, Hiroto has forgotten how to smile. Nao is the daughter of a popular jewelry shop owner. She attends a prestigious exclusive women's college and grew up cheerful and blessed with affluent love. From the moment Hiroto meets her, his closed mind slowly opens up to Nao, who is so innocent that she utters whatever she thinks.
