Love Exposure vs The Lifeguard
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 5.4/10 for The Lifeguard). The Lifeguard is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 3h 57m. Love Exposure is the older of the two (2009 against 2013). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Exposure
The Lifeguard| Love Exposure | The Lifeguard | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 5.4/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2013 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Liz W. Garcia |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Kristen Bell, Martin Starr, Mamie Gummer, Adam LeFevre, Amy Madigan |
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 Lifeguard
A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.
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