Fujiko vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 35m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Fujiko posterFujiko2026 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
FujikoNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 0.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20262012
Length1h 35m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorTaichi KimuraPolly Findlay
Main castIssey Ogata, Kayoko Kishimoto, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Lily Franky, YOUAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Fujiko

Subjected to harsh treatment by her husband Jiro’s family, Fujiko is devastated when Mari is kidnapped by Jiro’s relatives. With the help of her own mother, Chiyo, Fujiko regains her child. Against the advice and judgment of those around her, she chooses to raise Mari as a single mother.

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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