Both are father-son relationship.
Village vibe. Warm feeling. Heart touching story
No violent, just sweet. Coming to age, life story

Both movies happened during war time. Teacher and children all loving music. They told the true stories that touches million hearts. Lives struggle during the war. Unfair and sad.

Both movies are about students and teacher’s relationship and bonding built during difficult time of war. Very touching movies indeed. Lovely true story. Stories that shouldn’t be forgotten

Both are teacher and poor students relationship.
Althought the Thai movie is not war related, it is about how the teacher go far and beyond to teach the students and eventually fall in love with the village and students.

Both are about teacher saving children during the war.
World need more teacher that are willingly help the young innocent lives
Shelter and protect them from harm

Same actor Zhu Xu, the grandpa, on both movie.
Both movie are about grandpa and granddaughter relationship
Very pure, organic, village vibe. Very heartwarming, touching movie.

Both are about a man did wrong to the society unintentionally, he serve jail time.
He wanted to live a normal life. He was touch by kind hearted older lady
He regret badly for the crime happen.
Both were really heart touching movies.
Both men are soft and “good boy”

Both movies are about a young man got tired of city life, somehow went to village and grow to love the small town simple liefstyle. The absorbed the beauty living away from their rich family in the big city.

Both are Japanese movie about young city man who learned valuable life skill in village.
They were both lost in big city.
They grow to love the village lifestyle.

Both are about an elderly woman open her arm embraced a trouble young man.
Both have beautiful peaceful village vibe.
The young man grow to live the simple and rich life

Both movies are about a young trouble man who have a lost soul.
They both learned the human warm hands and love, in a different environment
How they touch by others and it changed their live.

Both are Japanese movies filmed beautifully.
One is a trouble man found where he belong,
the other one is a man from wealthy family in the city found where he belong.