Drama/movie with Age Gap
This list cointain:
-Movies and dramas in which there's a big age gap between the leads
-Movies and dramas in which there age gap between the leads is important or frequently mentioned
- Some movie/dramas are romantic; some are not (Check the description)
Note: the ages in the description might be not accurated. I did some reaserch but in some cases I found conflicting information.
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1. Let's Go Karaoke!
Japanese Movie - 2024
AGE GAP: 20 years (15 and 35)-The ages refers to the manga.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Friendship (some scenes suggest that the teenager have a crush on the man)
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2. My Heart Leaps Up
Chinese Movie - 2017
AGE GAP: 19 years (17 and 36)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Friendship, Student/Teacher (It's implicit that the teenager has a crush on the teacher)
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3. Justice in the Dark
Chinese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
AGE GAP: 10/11 (23 and 34) - (In this case I found some conflicting information, so I'm not sure it is right)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Bromance (it was originally a romance).
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4. My Damn Business
Korean Drama - 2024, 7 episodes
AGE GAP: It's mentioned in the show that there's a big age gap between them. However, they never specified their ages. It should be around 7 years ( 25 and 32).
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance.
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5. Mitsuya Sensei no Keikakutekina Ezuke.
Japanese Drama - 2024, 7 episodes
AGE GAP: 28 years (26 and 54)- Again, I found many conflicting informations.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance.
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6. Sugar Dog Life
Japanese Drama - 2024, 9 episodes
AGE GAP: 14 years (20 and 34)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance.
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7. BL Metamorphosis
Japanese Movie - 2022
AGE GAP: 58 years (17 and 75)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Friendship.
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8. Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu
Japanese Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
AGE GAP: 13 years (18/19 and 32)- The second age might be not correct.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Bromance (very close to romance).
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9. One Room Angel
Japanese Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
AGE GAP: 14/16 years (16 and around 30)- Again, I found many conflicting informations.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Bromance (with some romance hints)
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10. 180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us
Thai Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
AGE GAP: 14 years (20 and 34)- Again, I found many conflicting informations.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance (a very complicated romance) .
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11. A Balloon's Landing
Taiwanese Movie - 2024
AGE GAP: around 5 years (They are both in their 20s)- In the movie while one of the ML is a teenager, the other one is a child.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Bromance (very close to romance).
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12. Beloved Enemy
Chinese Drama - 2017, 15 episodes
AGE GAP: 11 years (22 and 33)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Bromance (censored romance).
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13. Bite Sisters
Korean Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
AGE GAP: maybe 1000 years or something (20something and ???)- She's a vampire so it's impossible to tell.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance.
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14. Gifted
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
AGE GAP: 7 years (17 and 24)- I found very few informations, so I'm not sure it's correct.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Bromance.
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15. Kiwadoi Futari: K2: Ikebukurosho Keijika Kanzaki Kuroki
Japanese Drama - 2020, 6 episodes
AGE GAP: 9 years (25 and 34)- The information I've found might be incorrect.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Friendship, Half-brothers.
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16. Kuroi Gashu: Shogen
Japanese Special - 2020, 1 episode
AGE GAP: around 20 years (20something and 40something)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance/Secret affair.
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17. Love & Pop
Japanese Movie - 1998
AGE GAP: many years ( around 16 and 30something)- The movie is about some girls who engage in enjo kosai, so they "date" older man.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Enjo kosai/compensated dating.
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18. Me no Doku Sugiru Shokuba no Futari
Japanese Drama - 2022, 25 episodes
AGE GAP: 7 years (25 and 32)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Maybe romance, maybe not.
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19. Minato Shouji Coin Laundry
Japanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
AGE GAP: 11 years (18 and 29)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance.
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20. Mystery to Iunakare
Japanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
AGE GAP: 12/14 years (19 and around 30)- We can't tell their exact ages but we know one of them is a college student and the other one has already graduated).
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Bromance (with some romance hints).
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21. Old Fashion Cupcake
Japanese Drama - 2022, 5 episodes
AGE GAP: 10 years (29 and 39)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance.
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22. Persona
Korean Drama - 2019, 4 episodes
AGE GAP: around 12 years (31 and 43)- It refers to the second short "Collector"
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance (But she's just using him).
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23. Sahara Sensei to Toki-kun
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
AGE GAP: 7 years (18 and 25)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance, Teacher/Student.
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24. Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko 2024
Japanese Special - 2024, 6 episodes
AGE GAP: 5 years (16 and 21)- It refers to one of the possible pairing with the ML. One episode of the drama it' s focused on couple with big age gaps.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Unrequired love/romance.
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25. Sensei ni Koishita Natsu
Japanese Drama - 2016, 8 episodes
AGE GAP: around 10 years (16 and 25/26)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance (She has a crush on him when she was a teenager but they end up together 3 years after they met).
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26. Uncle Unknown
Taiwanese Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
AGE GAP: around 20 years -(Their ages are never mentioned but it's mentioned that there's a big age gap between them)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance, Uncle/Nephew (yes, it's as bad as it sound. They aren't blood related tho. I found this drama pretty weird and controversial: watch it at your own risk).
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27. Does the Flower Bloom?
Japanese Movie - 2018
AGE GAP: 18 years (19 and 37)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance
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28. Actors High!
Japanese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes
AGE GAP: around 10 years (20 and around 30)
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Coworkers, Enemies to Lovers (maybe?)
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29. Method
Korean Movie - 2017
AGE GAP: 18 years (26 and 44) - Since in the movie their ages are never told, I took as a reference the actors' ages.
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP: Romance, Mentor/student, Secret affair (The story is pretty complicated; don't expect this to be a cute BL)
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30. A Muse
Korean Movie - 2012
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31. Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo
Japanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
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32. Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo Special
Japanese Special - 2023, 2 episodes
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33. Omaera Zenin Mendokusai!
Japanese Movie - 2019
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34. Ossan's Love
Japanese Drama - 2018, 7 episodes
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35. Papakatsu
Japanese Drama - 2017, 8 episodes
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36. Takasugi-san Chi no Obento
Japanese Drama - 2024, 10 episodes
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37. The Devil Judge
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
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38. Cinderella Complex
Japanese Drama - 2024, 7 episodes