Aimitagai vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for Aimitagai). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 45m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Aimitagai
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Aimitagai | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Shogo Kusano | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Tomorowo Taguchi, Jun Fubuki, Aoi Nakamura, Haru Kuroki, Naomi Nishida | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Aimitagai
Azusa and Kanami have been best friends since high school. After Kanami dies in an unexpected accident, Azusa despairs yet finds comfort in sending text messages to Kanami’s cellphone. Kanami’s parents wonder about Azusa’s identity, and upon visiting the orphanage that their dead daughter cared about, are moved by her good deeds.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
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