Japan Synopsis
桜のような僕の恋人
Haruto Asakura falls in love with hairdresser Misaki Ariake and asks her out. Watching Misaki Ariake work hard to achieve what she wants, Haruto Asakura, who almost gave up his dream to become a photographer, begins to pursue his dream again, but Misaki Ariake is diagnosed with a disease that ages her 10x faster than normal.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Love Like the Falling Petals. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Drama + Romance in Japan
270 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Love Like the Falling Petals itself).
The 2021–2023 Japan Window
Love Like the Falling Petals holds position #91 of 389 Japan films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Love Like the Falling Petals premiered alongside 131 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 131 other Japan films in 2022.
The 4387th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
62 audience reviews — more than 68% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity (84th percentile) outruns review volume (68th) — a trending, discussed title among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Love Like the Falling Petals, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- hairdresser · 4
- aging · 4
- photography · 9
- based on novel or book · 288
- love · 123
- romance · 94
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #707 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (85th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #291 of 1,933 (top 15%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 2h 8m |
| Release Date | March 24, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt14227972 |
| Official Site | www.netflix.com |