After the Storm vs Hair of the Bear
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for After the Storm). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 57m. After the Storm is the older of the two (2016 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
After the Storm
Hair of the Bear| After the Storm | Hair of the Bear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Japan | Canada |
| Director | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan |
| Main cast | Aju Makita, Hiroshi Abe, Sosuke Ikematsu, Yoko Maki, Lily Franky | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence |
Synopsis
After the Storm
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
Hair of the Bear
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
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