What they have in common:
Male leads in love with the same woman.
Multiple revenge plots: the governor, the female lead and the villain male lead.
Power struggle for the Governor position.
Female lead with amnesia and forgotten identity.
Rape, pregnancy and forced abortion.
Sad ending.

badass female leads, outlaw female leads, independent & intelligent female leads. Revenge & underworld

Rape & violence against women.
The evil guy is quite flat. The most interesting is the dynamic between the 2 women.

A stalker guy follows a married woman, robs her place and then rapes her several times. The FL develops Stockholm Syndrome. Violence against women.

Homeless families who can't get integrated into society because they live in precarious conditions.

Miki Nakatani is the female lead in both films.
The female lead as an enigmatic character who has an immense impact on those who meet her in both movies as well.
The uses of flashbacks and saturated colors are present in both films

Both movies are about failed couple relationships and second chances in love.
Both movies are about ex-cons that try to start a new life.
Both movies are about handling jealousy and outburst of rage.

both movies filmed by the same filmmaker
both movies are quirky and full of surprises
both movies have eccentric and quirky Female Leads

Both films are set in Hokkaido
Both films are about an orphaned girl adopted by an adult male. They fall in love and but the love is forbidden since they are supposed to be a father and daughter.

Both films are about taxi drivers that are not really 100% Japanese and the discrimination they suffer living in Japan.

Both are love stories in Hong Kong. "A fish Story" is set in the 60' and "Camrades: Almost a love story" is set in the 80' and 90'.
In both, the main leads struggle to make a living in Hong Kong. They meet by chance and fall in love.

Both films are about death row inmates in prison that get the death penalty.
Both films question the issue of taking someone's life by death penalty.