Pornostar vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.5/10 for Pornostar). Pornostar is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 1998). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Pornostar
The Shawshank Redemption| Pornostar | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Toshiaki Toyoda | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Akaji Maro, Chihara Junia, Rin Ozawa, Onimaru, Tetta Sugimoto | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Pornostar
A young man decides one day to start killing yakuza. After he kills his first two he gets roped into helping a wannabe gangster and his bumbling underlings to perform a hit. While things work out in the beginning, this young psychopath quickly becomes more trouble than the gang expected. Will they be able to rid themselves of him, or will they be his next victims?
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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