Azumi vs Gold
Azumi has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.6/10 for Gold). Gold is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 8m. Azumi is the older of the two (2003 against 2016). Both are adventure, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Azumi
Gold| Azumi | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 2h |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller | Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Ryuhei Kitamura | Stephen Gaghan |
| Main cast | Kenichi Endo, Hideo Sakaki, Minoru Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Aya Okamoto | Bill Camp, Timothy Simons, Corey Stoll, Bruce Greenwood, Toby Kebbell |
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.
Gold
Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.