Love Exposure vs Manual of Love
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 5.8/10 for Manual of Love). Manual of Love is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 3h 57m. Manual of Love is the older of the two (2005 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Exposure
Manual of Love| Love Exposure | Manual of Love | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2005 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Giovanni Veronesi |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Jasmine Trinca, Carlo Verdone, Sergio Rubini, Dino Abbrescia, Rodolfo Corsato |
Synopsis
Love Exposure
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
Manual of Love
Four intertwined stories on the joys and sorrows of love.
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