Bau, Artist at War vs Love Exposure
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 3.9/10 for Bau, Artist at War). Bau, Artist at War is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 3h 57m. Love Exposure is the older of the two (2009 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bau, Artist at War
Love Exposure| Bau, Artist at War | Love Exposure | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 3.9/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2009 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 3h 57m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History, Romance | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Sean McNamara | Sion Sono |
| Main cast | Inbar Lavi, Adam Tsekhman, Josh Zuckerman, Aias Dalman, Emile Hirsch | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka |
Synopsis
Bau, Artist at War
Based on the true story of Joseph and Rebecca Bau whose wedding took place in the Plaszow concentration camp during WW2. Using his artistic skills in the camps, Joseph stays alive and helps hundreds to escape. Miraculously, he finds love in the midst of despair. Years later, when called to be a key witness in the trial of the brutal Nazi officer who tortured him and killed his father, Joseph is thrust back into vivid memories of the Holocaust…
Love Exposure
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
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