Movies Like Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirou Wasurenagusa

If you liked Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirou Wasurenagusa (1998), a romance and comedy movie directed by Setsuko Shibuichi, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedy
A brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.
2
Mind Game (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and romance
Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
3
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and animation
Summary of the first season of the show, as seen from Rikka's perspective with new elements.
4
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection (2015)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and comedy
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SHORTS: "John Henry," "Lorenzo," "The Little Matchgirl," "How To Hook Up Your Home Theater," "Tick Tock Tale," "Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa," "The Ballad Of Nessie," "Tangled Ever…
5
Idiots and Angels (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedy
Angel, a selfish rotter is hanging around in a local bar, groping the wife of the barman and dealing with weapons. One morning he wakes up finding a pair of wings growing at his back. These wings do good deeds against…
6
Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day (1988)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and animation
Kyousuke and Madoka have finally arrived at the point where they are close to graduation and have to decide where they want to go to college. Naturally, they want to go together, so beside all the studying they also…
7
Chéri (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
8
The Willoughbys (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedy
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
9
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedy
During summer vacation Nobita picks up a small rocket containing Papi, a palm-sized alien president escaping rebels on his home planet Pirika.
10
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama
The battle is over, and they can go about their normal lives now... or so they thought. With no time to rejoice after miraculously saving Mirai from Beyond the Boundary, Mirai lost all her memories. Akihito, now a high…
11
Love in Taipei (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedy
A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.
12
The Moment You Fall in Love (2016)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and animation
Following Natsuki Enomoto's confession rehearsals with Yuu Setoguchi, their younger siblings Kotarou and Hina struggle to confess their own love. Despite a disastrous first meeting in middle school with her…
13
Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedy
Arnold and his friends must recover a stolen document in order to prevent the neighborhood from being bulldozed.
14
The Anthem of the Heart (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and drama
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?
15
xxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedy
Invited to a wealthy client's mansion, time-traveling witch Yuko and her companions arrive to find a group of collectors assembled to participate in a mysterious auction. And the mystery only deepens when the…
16
XX/XY (2002)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedy
Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
17
BLAME! (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and animation
In the distant technological future, civilization has reached its ultimate Net-based form. An "infection" in the past caused the automated systems to spiral out of order, resulting in a multi-leveled city structure…
18
Gintama: The Movie (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
Odd Jobs Gin has taken on a lot of odd work in the past, and when you're a Jack of All Trades agency based in a feudal Japan that's been conquered and colonized by aliens, the term "Odd Jobs" means REALLY ODD jobs. But…
19
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.
20
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri (2017)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
When the mysterious Shiriri turns his parents into children, Shin-chan must trek across Japan to help return them to adult form.