Love Exposure vs Sweet & Sour
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.7/10 for Sweet & Sour). Sweet & Sour is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 3h 57m. Love Exposure is the older of the two (2009 against 2021). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Exposure
Sweet & Sour| Love Exposure | Sweet & Sour | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2021 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Lee Kae-byeok |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Cho Han-cheul, Yoon Byung-hee, Lee Kyung-young, An Kil-kang, Park Cheol-min |
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.
Sweet & Sour
Faced with real-world opportunities and challenges, a couple endures the highs and lows of trying to make a long-distance relationship survive.
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