Love Exposure vs The Laughing Man
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.7/10 for The Laughing Man). The Laughing Man is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 3h 57m. The Laughing Man is the older of the two (1989 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Love Exposure | The Laughing Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 1989 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | Turkey |
| Director | Sion Sono | Kartal Tibet |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Baykal Kent, Kemal İnci, Bilge Zobu, Selahattin Fırat, Renan Fosforoğlu |
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.
The Laughing Man
Yusuf Şaplak is a seemingly ordinary man who has a condition where he can't stop laughing. An idealist young doctor decides to cure him.
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