Love Exposure vs This Modern Age
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 5.8/10 for This Modern Age). This Modern Age is the shorter watch at 1h 8m compared with 3h 57m. This Modern Age is the older of the two (1931 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Love Exposure | This Modern Age | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 1931 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 8m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Nick Grindé |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Joan Crawford, Pauline Frederick, Neil Hamilton, Monroe Owsley, Albert Conti |
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 Modern Age
A Harvard football star disobeys his upper class parents and runs off with his true love.
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