Silence of the Sea vs The Twilight Samurai

Silence of the Sea has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.8/10 for The Twilight Samurai). Silence of the Sea is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 9m. The Twilight Samurai is the older of the two (2002 against 2024). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Silence of the Sea posterSilence of the Sea2024 VS The Twilight Samurai posterThe Twilight Samurai2002
Silence of the SeaThe Twilight Samurai
Audience score★ 8.5/10★ 7.8/10
Year20242002
Length1h 52m2h 9m
GenresDrama, Mystery, RomanceDrama, Romance
Country––
DirectorSetsuro WakamatsuYoji Yamada
Main castToru Nakamura, Masane Tsukayama, Masato Hagiwara, Kyoko Koizumi, Shiro SanoHiroyuki Sanada, Ren Osugi, Miki Ito, Min Tanaka, Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Synopsis

Silence of the Sea

The day before his exhibition, world-renowned painter Tamura discovers that his own work contains a forgery. Meanwhile, the body of a woman with countless ukiyo-e tattoos is discovered at the sea. From the two incidents, the name of Ryuji emerges.

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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