¡°Crazy Rich Asians¡± made headlines this summer for being the first Hollywood film in a quarter of a century to feature a main cast entirely comprised of actors of Asian heritage. The movie hits Japanese cinemas this weekend, but audiences here are obviously used to all-Asian casts.

A bigger draw may be that the film is just a really good romantic comedy. While romantics overseas may be wishing on a star that the success of ¡°Crazy Rich Asians¡± ¡ª or the Netflix film ¡°To All the Boys I¡¯ve Loved Before¡± ¡ª might lead to a genuine rom-com boom, doe-eyed fans of the genre in Japan have plenty of films or TV series to revisit for a passion pick-me-up. Star-crossed lovers, disapproving family members, fashionable excess ¡ª some things really are universal.

While some critics may point to movies such as Hitoshi One¡¯s ¡°Moteki¡± (¡°Love Strikes!,¡± 2011) or even Shosuke Ono¡¯s ¡°Densha Otoko¡± (¡°Train Man,¡± 2005) for actual laughs, I¡¯d recommend ¡°Hana yori Dango: Final¡± (¡°Boys Over Flowers,¡± 2008) to ¡°Crazy Rich Asians¡± fans. Based on a TV series that was itself based on a manga, there have been multiple adaptations of the story, including a musical version, a popular South Korean drama and, more recently, a Chinese original series on Netflix titled ¡°Meteor Garden.¡±