Hero of the Red Light District vs Pollock
Hero of the Red Light District has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.7/10 for Pollock). Hero of the Red Light District is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 12m. Hero of the Red Light District is the older of the two (1960 against 2000). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hero of the Red Light District
Pollock| Hero of the Red Light District | Pollock | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 1960 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tomu Uchida | Ed Harris |
| Main cast | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani | Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Bud Cort |
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.
Pollock
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the…
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