Hotarubi no Mori e vs The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead
Hotarubi no Mori e has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.1/10 for The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead). Hotarubi no Mori e is the shorter watch at 45m compared with 1h 27m. Hotarubi no Mori e is the older of the two (2011 against 2018). Both are fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hotarubi no Mori e
The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead| Hotarubi no Mori e | The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2018 |
| Length | 45m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Animation, Fantasy, Romance | Fantasy, Horror, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Takahiro Omori | Svyatoslav Podgaevsky |
| Main cast | Koki Uchiyama, Izumi Sawada, Hayato Taya, Ayane Sakura, Shinpachi Tsuji | Sofya Shidlovskaya, Igor Khripunov, Victoria Agalakova, Nikita Elenev, Efim Petrunin |
Synopsis
Hotarubi no Mori e
One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...
The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead
An evil Mermaid falls in love with Marina's fiancé Roman and aims to keep him away from Marina in her Kingdom of Death under water. The Mermaid is a young woman who drowned a few centuries ago. Marina only has one week to overcome her fear of the dark water, to remain human in the deathly fight with the monsters and not to become one herself.
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