Both movies have the same start: a man take a long trip with his bike and ends up working for some people in a different city. Both movies are based on the bond between the two MLs and set in the countryside. However, "Kizumomo"is completely different when it comes to contents: it is a bit sad but "Fish on Land" is extremely dark.
In both movies the main characters, Boku in "fish on land" and Shinichi in "his lost name" are found by local people of small rural villages and decide to stay with them for a while. Both films focus on the relationship between an older man and a younger man that seems to kind of represents him, Seiji with Boku on the first movie and Tetsuro with Shinichi on the other. Both movies are quiet and the atmosphere is quite heavy.
