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10 Best Movies Like Rise, Fair Sun

If you loved Rise, Fair Sun, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rise, Fair Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#2
Suzaku

Suzaku

1997★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rise, Fair Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Econ...

#3
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rise, Fair Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#4
Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

1974★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rise, Fair Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan....

#5
The Village

The Village

2023★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rise, Fair Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds....

#6
The Taste of Tea

The Taste of Tea

2004★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rise, Fair Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful mu...

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