Hero of the Red Light District vs Lover of the Last Empress
Hero of the Red Light District has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 5.9/10 for Lover of the Last Empress). Lover of the Last Empress is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 49m. Hero of the Red Light District is the older of the two (1960 against 1995). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hero of the Red Light District
Lover of the Last Empress| Hero of the Red Light District | Lover of the Last Empress | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 1960 | 1995 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tomu Uchida | Andrew Lau Wai-Keung |
| Main cast | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani | Tony Leung Ka-fai, Yu Rongguang, Lau Shun, Chingmy Yau, Yvonne Yung Hung |
Synopsis
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.
Lover of the Last Empress
The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with…
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