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First of all both of these movies share the same main cast (Kobayashi Satomi and Motai Masako) and feature a similar topic of women who go on (prolonged) vacation to find their place in life. While some of the details (and overall vibe) vary, these two productions are really similar
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Both shows have the same screenwriter and the same heavy feeling to them; both shows are fairly simple on the surface but a layered mystery lies underneath. Both dramas play with your mind and show you exactly what you want to see. Both shows feature an underprivileged/poor lead - Yan Liang and Yue Pu in The Bad Kids and Chen Youxi in Homesick
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Both dramas feature a similar scenario where ML suddenly has to take care of two wives and two sets of children - ones from his "current" identity and ones from his "previous" identity. The difference lies in how the situation came about - Miracle That We Met he reincarnated and in New Face he had his identity changed (against his will).
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Both productions feature a similar way of investigating that involves tailing a suspect, Cold Eyes focuses more on blending in, while Nusumareta Kao on straight-up following
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Both films focus on the same theme of morally-grey undercover cops infiltrating crime organisations and their uneasy friendship/relationship with gangsters they were supposed to infiltrate. Both productions are heavy in the violence department
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Both films were directed by Lou Ye and star Qin Hao as a very imporant character who gets involved in a relationship based around cheating
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Both films were directed by Lou Ye and star Qin Hao as a main character who gets involved in a relationship based around cheating
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Both MLs are very similar; they fall in love with a woman who changes their outlook forever and they end up following the same path. Both dramas feature scenes where MLs visit brothels or engage in adult activities with women
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Both films are set in Tibet and touch upon resolving relationship issues while focusing on themes of motherhood/family
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Traditional Tibetan opera is central to both of these films; Atak Lhamo for Lhamo and Skalbe; Drimé Kunden for The Search.
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The same director (Lou Ye), Qin Hao as main cast; similar way of setting up the plot and using incomplete/unreliable POVs to fool the viewer.
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Same director; the same way of storytelling with nonlinear narrative where reality mixes with dreams and memories