Hero of the Red Light District vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 8.7/10 for Hero of the Red Light District). Hero of the Red Light District is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 5m. Hero of the Red Light District is the older of the two (1960 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hero of the Red Light District
Special Unit - The First Murder| Hero of the Red Light District | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 1960 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tomu Uchida | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
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.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…
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