Hero of the Red Light District vs Small Things Like These
Hero of the Red Light District has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.7/10 for Small Things Like These). Small Things Like These is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 49m. 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
Small Things Like These| Hero of the Red Light District | Small Things Like These | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 1960 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tomu Uchida | Tim Mielants |
| Main cast | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani | Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson, Michelle Fairley, Eileen Walsh, Zara Devlin |
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.
Small Things Like These
In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.
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