Both movies about searching for father in China. One is modern more relaxing, the other one is classic Chinese war movie.

One of the story in Move to Heaven touch the same tragedy of Korean infant got adopted from American family. The different is that James Parker was lucky to be adopted by great parents. The story in Move to Heaven was adopted by abusive parents, etc…

An adult child looking for a parent. Love and family separated. Multi countries involved. Heartwarming stories. Several none-approval events in the stories.

Both movie has story about searching for a parent. Parent in foreign country. Parent that never met. With hope and unknown. Heartwarming and full of culture movies

Both are die heart love story. Loving couple somehow get separated. Many twist and turn, roller coaster. It involved next generation. The story continue. This kind of stories can drill into your heart and leave a long lasting memory

Love one separated and long searching. The world is big. Old time no digital communication, almost impossible. When found it could be too late, could be decades later…long awaiting

The main lead on both movies searching for their parent. Parent who leave in the very rural area make it even harder to search. Years of separation

Both movies touch on the subject of racial color discrimination. It is really hard for the mixed race kids to fit in the society. It wasn’t their fault. Both movies shown they fight their way to stand on their feet and survive the bully

Love couple got separated for years. The Chinese one didn’t get back together, the Japanese one has good ending got back together

Both are Chinese movies on island setting. Tough environment. One is a group of people accidentally strangled on an isolated island, the other one is the main lead volunteer to be the island keeper

Persuade dream for years of painfully waiting for opportunity, disappointment, desperation etc. Talented but competition is high. Persuade dream.

In both movies, it touch the story of young men trying their best to survive. They have potential. They are tough, strong, struggle, sweet, …. Took a soft hearted cough to give them a second chance, to believe in them, to guide them, very touching story