Excision vs The Happiness of the Katakuris
The Happiness of the Katakuris has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.2/10 for Excision). Excision is the shorter watch at 1h 21m compared with 1h 53m. The Happiness of the Katakuris is the older of the two (2002 against 2012). Both are comedy, drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Excision
The Happiness of the Katakuris| Excision | The Happiness of the Katakuris | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 21m | 1h 53m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Horror | Comedy, Drama, Horror |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Richard Bates Jr. | Takashi Miike |
| Main cast | Molly McCook, Malcolm McDowell, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jeremy Sumpter, Matthew Fahey | Naoto Takenaka, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Kenichi Endo, Yoshiki Arizono, Tetsuro Tamba |
Synopsis
Excision
A misunderstood teenager Pauline, struggles with her abrasive Christian mother, her chronically ill sister, her aspiration to become a surgeon, and her increasingly violent psychosexual dreams. Pauline slowly begins to indulge in her fantasies, meanwhile, her mother tries to connect with her. In an attempt to make her mother proud she strives to cure her sister.
The Happiness of the Katakuris
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.
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