Rape and Death of a Housewife vs The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.5/10 for Rape and Death of a Housewife). Rape and Death of a Housewife is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 32m. Rape and Death of a Housewife is the older of the two (1978 against 2008). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Rape and Death of a Housewife posterRape and Death of a Housewife1978 VS The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008
Rape and Death of a HousewifeThe Dark Knight
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 8.5/10
Year19782008
Length1h 36m2h 32m
GenresCrime, DramaAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorNoboru TanakaChristopher Nolan
Main castHideo Murota, Hōsei Komatsu, Moeko Ezawa, Haruko Toda, Noriko KurosawaNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis

Rape and Death of a Housewife

Three young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they've developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attack. Her chicken farmer husband, incapable of dealing with her death tends to her corpse as though it were still alive completely unable to accept her demise.

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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