Love Exposure vs Shopgirl
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 5.8/10 for Shopgirl). Shopgirl is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 3h 57m. Shopgirl is the older of the two (2005 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Exposure
Shopgirl| Love Exposure | Shopgirl | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2005 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | United States of America |
| Director | Sion Sono | Anand Tucker |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Claire Danes, Steve Martin, Frances Conroy, Jason Schwartzman, Rachel Nichols |
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.
Shopgirl
Mirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous Ray, and her life takes a magical turn, but eventually she realizes that she must empower herself and make a choice between them.
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