National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Tokyo Taxi
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.9/10 for Tokyo Taxi). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 43m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Tokyo Taxi| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Tokyo Taxi | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Yoji Yamada |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Lee Jun-young, Yu Aoi, Takashi Sasano |
Synopsis
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
Tokyo Taxi
One day, taxi driver Koji Usami is tasked with driving 85-year-old Sumire Takano from Shibamata, Tokyo to a senior care facility in Hayama, Kanagawa. Sumire asks Koji to make some detours. Gradually opening up to her, Sumire begins to tell the story of her grand past...
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