Love Exposure vs Polite Society
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.3/10 for Polite Society). Polite Society is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 3h 57m. Love Exposure is the older of the two (2009 against 2023). Both are action, comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Love Exposure | Polite Society | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2023 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Action, Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Nida Manzoor |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Ritu Arya, Akshay Khanna, Ella Bruccoleri, Jeff Mirza, Priya Kansara |
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.
Polite Society
Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
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