Persecution vs The Twilight Samurai
Persecution has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.8/10 for The Twilight Samurai). Persecution is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 2h 9m. Persecution is the older of the two (1972 against 2002). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Persecution
The Twilight Samurai| Persecution | The Twilight Samurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 1972 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 22m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Atıf Yılmaz | Yoji Yamada |
| Main cast | Türkan Şoray, Murat Soydan, Muammer Gözalan, Nedret Güvenç, Kayhan Yıldızoğlu | Hiroyuki Sanada, Ren Osugi, Miki Ito, Min Tanaka, Mitsuru Fukikoshi |
Synopsis
Persecution
Ayla is a conservatory student. Through a coincidence, she meets Tarık, a famous composer. They fall in love and soon become engaged. On a trip abroad, Tarık experiences one of Ayla's biggest traumas. This disaster will affect the fate of the duo in a bad way.
The Twilight Samurai
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of…
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