Hero of the Red Light District vs Waiting for the Barbarians
Hero of the Red Light District has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 5.9/10 for Waiting for the Barbarians). Hero of the Red Light District is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 1h 54m. Hero of the Red Light District is the older of the two (1960 against 2019). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hero of the Red Light District
Waiting for the Barbarians| Hero of the Red Light District | Waiting for the Barbarians | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 1960 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tomu Uchida | Ciro Guerra |
| Main cast | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani | Sam Reid, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson |
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.
Waiting for the Barbarians
At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
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