A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood vs Hero of the Red Light District
Hero of the Red Light District has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.9/10 for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood). Hero of the Red Light District is the older of the two (1960 against 2019). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Hero of the Red Light District| A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | Hero of the Red Light District | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 1960 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Drama, Family, History | Drama, History |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Marielle Heller | Tomu Uchida |
| Main cast | Matthew Rhys, Enrico Colantoni, Susan Kelechi Watson, Tom Hanks, Chris Cooper | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani |
Synopsis
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
Hero of the Red Light District
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.
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