Hero of the Red Light District vs Mary of Nazareth
Hero of the Red Light District has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.7/10 for Mary of Nazareth). Hero of the Red Light District is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 3h 20m. Hero of the Red Light District is the older of the two (1960 against 2012). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hero of the Red Light District
Mary of Nazareth| Hero of the Red Light District | Mary of Nazareth | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 1960 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 3h 20m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tomu Uchida | Giacomo Campiotti |
| Main cast | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani | Andreas Pietschmann, Luca Marinelli, Nikolai Kinski, Paz Vega, Robert Stadlober |
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.
Mary of Nazareth
The film begins with the Annunciation: Mary, a young Galilean, virginal conceived the Messiah, the Son of God. Her husband Joseph, a humble carpenter, decided to stay by his side throughout. When Caesar Augustus ordered the Jews to register people, the couple embarks on a journey to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. Meanwhile, Maria Magdalena, a young woman from the same town that Mary, turns away from God and placed in the palace of King Herod…
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