Rape and Death of a Housewife vs The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 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 1h 59m. Rape and Death of a Housewife is the older of the two (1978 against 1991). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Rape and Death of a Housewife
The Silence of the Lambs| Rape and Death of a Housewife | The Silence of the Lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 1978 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 1h 59m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Noboru Tanaka | Jonathan Demme |
| Main cast | Hideo Murota, Hōsei Komatsu, Moeko Ezawa, Haruko Toda, Noriko Kurosawa | Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald |
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 Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
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