Love Exposure vs This Beautiful Fantastic
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.1/10 for This Beautiful Fantastic). This Beautiful Fantastic is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 3h 57m. Love Exposure is the older of the two (2009 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Exposure
This Beautiful Fantastic| Love Exposure | This Beautiful Fantastic | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2016 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Simon Aboud |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Eileen Davies |
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.
This Beautiful Fantastic
Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London, this contemporary fairy tale revolves around the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young woman and a cantankerous old widower. Bella Brown is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. After she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her match, nemesis, and…
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