Hero of the Red Light District vs Meeting with Pol Pot
Hero of the Red Light District has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 5.9/10 for Meeting with Pol Pot). Hero of the Red Light District is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 1h 53m. 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.
Hero of the Red Light District
Meeting with Pol Pot| Hero of the Red Light District | Meeting with Pol Pot | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 1960 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 53m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tomu Uchida | Rithy Panh |
| Main cast | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani | Grégoire Colin, Irène Jacob, Cyril Gueï, Bun-Hok Lim, Somaline Mao |
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.
Meeting with Pol Pot
Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) - 1978. Three French journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview of the regime's leader, Pol Pot. The country seems ideal. But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country. The regime is looking for culprits, secretly carrying out a large scale genocide. Under the eyes of the journalists, the beautiful…
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