Azumi vs Faro
Azumi has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5.5/10 for Faro). Faro is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 8m. Azumi is the older of the two (2003 against 2013). Both are adventure, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Azumi
Faro| Azumi | Faro | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 5.5/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2013 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 28m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller | Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Ryuhei Kitamura | Fredrik Edfeldt |
| Main cast | Kenichi Endo, Hideo Sakaki, Minoru Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Aya Okamoto | Per Burell, Jakob Cedergren, Gunnel Fred, Clara Christiansson Drake, Maria Heiskanen |
Synopsis
Azumi
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.
Faro
Faro is about a man who flees into the forest with his daughter to escape a prison sentence.