Movies and TvShows featuring "life-lesson" theme.

Hikaru Shindo, a sixth-grader, stumbles upon an old Go board with a ghostly character inside. With the help of the ancient spirit named Sai, Hikaru embarks on a journey to become a skilled Go player and unravel the mysteries surrounding the game.

Hello, My Twenties! is a TV show about a group of college students living together in a boarding house. They face various challenges and learn valuable life lessons as they navigate the complexities of adulthood, friendships, relationships, and personal growth. The show explores themes of love, friendship, self-discovery, and the trials and tribulations of young adulthood.

Follow the lives of a gay couple, lawyer Shiro and hairstylist Kenji, as they face everyday challenges, misunderstandings, and find solace in their love for each other. This heartwarming slice-of-life series explores themes of acceptance, friendship, and personal growth.

Sheng Yang, a newcomer, forms a bond with Jian Bing, a well-known advertising director, and together they embark on a wondrous and romantic journey of love and personal growth.

Prison Playbook is a heartwarming and humorous drama about a baseball player who ends up in prison and forms unexpected friendships and experiences life-changing moments.

Navillera is a drama about a young man named Chae-rok who has a passion for ballet but faces many obstacles in pursuing his dream. He meets Deok-chul, an elderly man who decides to start ballet in his old age. Together, they form an unlikely friendship that inspires them both to pursue their dreams and find meaning in life.

18 Again is a Korean drama series that tells the story of a 37-year-old man who magically transforms into his 18-year-old self. As he goes back to high school, he gets another chance to fix his mistakes, rediscover his passions, and reconnect with his family.

Midnight Diner is a heartwarming TV show set in a small Tokyo diner that opens from midnight to dawn. The show follows the stories of various customers who come to the diner seeking a late-night meal and find much more than just food. Each episode focuses on a different customer and explores their personal struggles, relationships, and life lessons. With a nice male lead and an episodic structure, Midnight Diner is a heartwarming and insightful show that offers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people.

Move to Heaven is a drama TV show that explores the heartfelt journey of a mourner and his autistic nephew. Together, they discover life lessons through untold stories, ultimately finding healing and growth. Based on a novel, this emotional series highlights the importance of family and the transformative power of relationships.

The drama tells the story of Shi Guang who discovered an ancient go board by coincidence and thus got to know Chu Ying, a go player who has been entrenched in the go board as a "soul" and who has experienced thousands of years. Under his influence, he gradually confronted the story of interest in go and inspiring to become a professional go player.

The Return of Iljimae is a 2009 South Korean historical action television series, starring Jung Il-woo in the title role of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo, Kim Min-jong and Jung Hye-young. It aired on MBC from January 21 to April 9, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. The series is based on comic strip Iljimae, published between 1975 and 1977, by Ko Woo-yung which was based on a Chinese folklore from the Ming dynasty about a masked Robin Hood-esque character during the Joseon era. MBC bought the rights to the comic strip for their adaptation, which was to star Lee Seung-gi in the title role of Iljimae. However he pulled out and was replaced by Jung, which makes him the third Korean actor to play the hero following Jang Dong-gun and Lee Joon-gi for Iljimae.

Fantasy Island is a TV show about a group of tourists who visit a mysterious island where they can experience their deepest desires coming true. The island is run by an omnipotent host and his assistant, who use their magic powers to grant the wishes of the visitors. However, each wish has a moral lesson attached to it, and the tourists must learn valuable life lessons along the way.

The Light in Your Eyes is a TV show that follows the life of a young woman who possesses the ability to travel through time. As she navigates through different periods, she learns valuable life lessons and experiences various relationships with her family and loved ones. This heartwarming series also explores the challenges of dealing with dementia and Alzheimer's disease, bringing a touch of magical realism to the story.

Though handsome and successful, Satoru Mukai suddenly realizes he's been single for ten whole years and has no idea how to initiate a new relationship

30-year-old Kamata Rinko is single and a struggling scriptwriter. She has no boyfriend and keeps having night outs at drinking spots with her girlfriends Kaori and Koyuki. “If I become beautiful, a better guy will appear!” “If we grow to like each other, we can get married!” They will not stop talking about these hypothetical questions. Then a younger, handsome, golden-haired guy suddenly utters, “These “what if” women!” and the trio have to face the harsh reality that they are no longer girls. Rinko enters her 30s while still immature, seeking happiness and struggling with romance and work.

Park Ha Kyung teaches Korean literature at a high school. To escape her ordinary days, Park Ha Kyung decides to take one day trips on Saturdays. During her one day trip, she walks around, eats different foods, and meets various people. She realizes she receives comfort and empathy through her travels.

Matsushima Nanako grew up in a very poor family and is thus determined to marry a rich man so that she will never have to go through poverty ever again, and is named the "gokon queen" in her quest to find her man. Tsutsumi Shinichi is a brilliant academic (Fields prize winner - Nobel Prize equivalent in Mathematics) who gave up his studies to take over his deceased father's fish-shop. They meet through a doctor's "gokon" (group date) and she falls in love with him under the mistaken assumption that he is a very rich man

An omnibus series about four different couples living together in one apartment complex.

Jun Hashimoto is a sci-fi novel writer, but he isn't popular at all. He lives off of his savings. One day, his editor Tateyama assigns him a job: he is to write a "love" themed short story for a web magazine oriented towards youths. At first Jun refuses, because he has never written a love story before, but Tateyama pushes him to write one. The deadline is imminent. Jun's childhood friend Keisuke Murata then appears in front of him. Jun complains to Keisuke that he can't write, but while talking to him, he comes up with an idea.