Diagnosis: Dissent vs Hero of the Red Light District
Hero of the Red Light District has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7.9/10 for Diagnosis: Dissent). Hero of the Red Light District is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 1h 58m. Hero of the Red Light District is the older of the two (1960 against 2024). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Diagnosis: Dissent
Hero of the Red Light District| Diagnosis: Dissent | Hero of the Red Light District | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 1960 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | Ukraine | – |
| Director | Denis Tarasov | Tomu Uchida |
| Main cast | Andrii Mostrenko, Yevhen Chernykov, Serhii Kalantai, Kostiantyn Temliak, Nataliia Babenko | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani |
Synopsis
Diagnosis: Dissent
The protagonist Andrii Dovzhenko finds out a horrible truth, that has been hidden in USSR for years - most of those accused of «anti-Soviet propaganda» were never sent to prison, but to special psychiatric hospitals with a diagnosis of "slow progressive schizophrenia". Andrii finds himself in a real hell of punitive psychiatry and faces a difficult choice - to cooperate with the KGB and return to his family, or to reveal the truth about…
Hero of the Red Light District
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.
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